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d 2 . Crown mixed grayish brown and rufous, ashy, or slate-color, 
without black streaks. 
d 3 . Wing 2*50; bill brownish flesh-color; back rufous, streaked 
with black 563. Field Sparrow. 
d 4 . Wing 3’00; center of crown grayish brown, bordered by 
chestnut-rufous; back grayish brown, spotted with olive- 
brown 554. White-crowned Sparrow. 
d 5 . Crown slate-color; a chestnut patch behind the eye; throat 
black English Sparrow c?. 
d 6 . Crown entirely dull brown; lesser wing-coverts broadly 
tipped with buffy English Sparrow 9. 
III. Underparts without red and with streaks. 
1. Tail-feathers without white or yellow spots or patches. 
A. Outer tail-feathers little if any shorter than the middle pair. 
a. Head of the same general color as the back. 
a 1 . No yellow over the eye or on the bend of the wing or under 
wing-coverts. 
a 2 . Rump yellowish or yellowish green; mandibles crossed. 
a 3 . Wing-coverts tipped with white. 
522. White-winged Crossbill 9 . 
a 4 . Wing-coverts not tipped with white. 
521. Red Crossbill 9 . 
b 2 . Rump brownish or sandy or rufous; mandibles not crossed. 
6 3 . Back pale brownish ashy, streaked with brownish ; a whitish 
streak over the eye ; legs flesh-color ; first primary as long as 
or longer than the second . . 541. Ipswich Sparrow. 
b 4 . Back and most of underparts streaked with black and red- 
dish brown; upper and under tail-coverts streaked; first 
primary shorter than second; outer tail-feathers shorter 
than middle ones 581. Song Sparrow. 
6 5 . Back distinctly streaked; a cream-buff band across the 
breast. . < 583. Lincoln’s Sparrow. 
6 6 . Back grayish brown, the feathers with or without distinct 
streaks; first primary nearly as long as or longer than 
second; outer tail-feathers longer than middle pair; legs 
and feet blackish; with bristly feathers over the nostrils. 
517. Purple Finch 9 . 
b 7 . Back without streaks; no bristly feathers over the nostrils. 
598. Indigo Bunting 9 . 
6 8 . Upper tail-feathers and tail bright reddish brown, with- 
out black streaks; rump brighter; wing about 3' 50. 
585. Fox Sparrow. 
6 9 . Cheeks buffy, bill pinkish; breast with a band of black- 
ish blotches 553. Harris’s Sparrow Im. 
fe 1 . A yellow mark before the eye, or on the bend of the wing, or 
under wing-coverts yellow. 
5 2 . Wing about 4*00; under wing-coverts deep yellow. 
595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 9 . 
b 3 . Wing generally under 2*90; feathers of the crown black, 
bordered by chestnut-brown; a buffy line through the center 
of crown 542a. Savannah Sparrow. 
b 4 . Wing generally over 2*90; feathers of crown with small black 
centers bordered with cinnamon-brown and pale brownish 
gray 541. Ipswich Sparrow. 
6 5 . Wing about S’OO; breast washed with yellow. 
604. Dickcissel. 
6 6 . Wing about 3 ‘00; sides brownish; throat white, quite different 
from the grayish breast. 
558. White-throated Sparrow. 
