YELLOW-WINGED SPARROW. 
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black, brown, and pale ash; shoulders of the wings above and 
below, and lesser coverts olive yellow; greater wing coverts 
black, edged with pale ash; primaries light drab; tail the same, 
the feathers rather pointed at the ends, the outer ones white; 
breast plain yellowish white, or pale ochre, which distinguishes 
it from the Savannah Sparrow (Plate XXII, fig. 3.); belly and 
vent white; three or four slight touches of dusky at the sides 
of the breast; legs flesh colour; bill dusky above, pale bluish 
white below. The male and female are nearly alike in colour. 
