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b A . Back and underparts slaty gray; bill black. 
515. Pine Grosbeak ($ andim.). 
6 5 . Forehead, rump, underparts, and scapulars yellow or 
brownish yellow; secondaries white; bill yellow. 
514. Evening Grosbeak <?. 
c 2 . Mandibles crossed. 
c 3 . Wing-bars white . . 522. White-winged Crossbill. 
c 4 . Without white wing-bars . . . 521. Am. Crossbill. 
c 1 . Back brown or brownish, ashy, or slate-color. 
c 2 . Head and rump yellowish or reddish; wing-bars white; wing 
over 4*00 515. Pine Grosbeak (9 andim.). 
c 3 . Underparts brownish cream-buff; wing-coverts with broad 
chestnut tips; wing over 3*00 . . 597. Blue Grosbeak 9 . 
c 4 . Underparts whitish; wing without yellow and under 3*00. 
598. Indigo Bunting 9. 
c 5 . Back ashy; spot before the eye and on bend of wing yellow. 
550. Seaside Sparrow. 
B. Back distinctly streaked. 
a . Bend of the wing yellow. 
a\ Tail over 2*20. 
a 2 . A white throat-patch; breast gray; a yellowish line over 
the eye 558. White-throated Sparrow. 
a 3 . A black spot on the throat; breast yellow, or both. 
604. Dickcissel. 
a 4 . No yellow over the eye; breast ashy or buffy; outer tail- 
feathers much the shortest. 
575. Pine-woods Sparrow. 575a. Bachman’s Sparrow. 
6 1 . Tail under 2*20, the feathers narrow and sharply pointed. 
6 2 . Crown olive-brown, a blue-gray line through its center; 
cheeks and breast ochraceous-buff. 
549a. Nelson’s Sparrow. 
5 3 . Crown blackish, a cream-buff line through its center. 
546. Grasshopper Sparrow. 
b. Bend of the wing not yellow. 
b l . Crown bright reddish brown, the feathers sometimes tipped 
with ashy or brownish, but without black streaks. 
b 2 . No white or whitish wing-bars; outer tail-feathers much 
shorter than middle one; lesser wing-coverts, upper tail- 
coverts, and margins of most of the tail-feathers rufous; 
wing under 2*50 584. Swamp Sparrow. 
5 3 . Cheeks and throat ashy, a narrow reddish brown line from 
back of the eye to the nape, an indistinct black spot in the 
center of the breast 559. Tree Sparrow. 
6 4 . Eye-ring whitish, entire bill brownish flesh-color. 
563. Field Sparrow. 
6 5 . Rump slaty gray; underparts generally all grayish white; 
forehead black, with a narrow grayish line in its middle, a 
narrow black line from back of the eye to the nape. 
560. Chipping Sparrow. 
c 1 . Crown not bright reddish brown ; 
e 2 . Crown streaked or spotted with black or black and white. 
c 3 . Crown with chestnut streaks, and sometimes a slight 
ashy line through its center; no white or whitish wing- 
bars; outer tail-feathers much shorter than middle ones. 
584. Swamp Sparrow (Im.). 
c 4 . Crown with reddish brown; rump ashy; wing-bars buffy; 
middle tail-feathers shortest. 560. Chipping Sparrow (Im.). 
c 5 . Center of crown white; the sides black; wing-bars white. 
554. White-crowned Sparrow. 
c 6 . Crown grayish; mandibles crossed . 521. Am. Crossbill. 
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