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43. Not pure black and white (44) 



44. Throat distinctly streaked; above plain brown . Canyon Townee. 

 44. Throat never streaked : male with much blue, female brown • 



ish above, light below (45) 



45. Larger, with wing over 3 inches long; conspicuous chestnut wing- 

 bands '. Western Blue Grosbeak. 



45. Smaller, wing under 3 inches ; no chestnut wing-bands (46) 



46. Wing with two white wing-bars; male head and neck blue, 



belly white; female brown above, white below. .Lazuli Bunting. 



46. Wing without white bars (47) 



47. Wholly bright blue — Indigo Bunting, male — under parts not blue . . (48) 



48. Throat fed (49)— throat not red (50) 



49. Under parts Vermillion, back green, rump red . . Painted Bunting, male. 



49. Under parts purple, back red, rump blue Varied Bunting, male. 



50. Under parts whitish (51) — under parts yellowish 



Painted Bunting, female. 



.51. Chest streaked — Indigo Bunting, female — chest not streaked 



.- Varied Bunting, female. 



52. Outer pair of tail feathers decidedly shorter than, the 



middle pair, making the tail plainly rounded (53) 



52. Outer pair of tail feathers not decidedly shorter than 



middle pair, making the tail even or double rounded (70) 



53. Outer tail feathers with a broad white tip (54) — without white (55) 



54. Upper parts darker, with the streaks comparatively broad, 

 the chestnut markings on head darker and more extensive 



black streaking through and below eye Lark Sparrow. 



54. Upper parts paler.with much narrower and sharper streaks, 

 the chestnut on head paler, and black more restricted .... 



Western Lark Sparrow. 



55. Tail feathers very narrow, the tips pointed and stiff; marsh spar- 

 rows (56) 



55. Tail feathers either broad or narrow, but tips bluntly rounded and 



not stiff (59) 



56. Crown with an indistinct bluish median stripe; back without 



chestnut; feet dark , Nelson Sparrow. 



56. Crown with a distinct brownish or buffy median stripe; back 



marked with chestnut ; feet pale (57) 



57. Tail as long as wing; edge of wing white; nape bright rufous 



streaked with black; stripe over eye bright buffy 



. . . ; Leconte Sparrow. 



57. Tail shorter than wing ; edge of wing pale yellow ; nape pale 



olive green streaked with black; stripe over eye olive (58) 



58. Darker above, with chestnut of back darker and more ex- 

 tensive; under parts more buffy Henslow Sparrow. 



58. Paler above, with chestnut of back paler and more restricted- 



under parts whiter Western Henslow Sparrow. 



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