FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. 
Fig. 387. 
9. Wing- rounded or truncate at 
tip. i" V 
Fig. 386. 
10. Edge of wing yellow . Peucaea, p. 352. 
10'. Edge of wing white or grayish. 
Aimophila, p. 353. 
9'. Wing rather pointed at tip (except Z. albi- 
collis, in which tarsus is same length as 
middle toe with claw). 
Zonotrichia, p. 337. 
. 389. 
4'. Tarsus about equal to middle toe with claw. 
5. Inner claw reaching beyond tip of middle toe. 
6 . Wings and tail green. 
Oreospiza, p. 368. 
6 '. Wings and tail rufous. 
Passerella, p. 300. F *g- 388. 
5'. Inner claw not reaching to tip of middle toe. 
6 . Length about 8 to 9. 
(fuscus group) Pipilo, p. 363. 
6 '. Length less than 8. 
7. Wing with whitish patches Fl &- 390. 
(summer males black) Calamospiza, p. 377. 
7'. Wing without white patches. 
^ 8. Under mandible decidedly deeper than upper ; 
i adult males with blue, and sometimes red, 
Fig. 391. green, or purple . . Cyanospiza, p. 374. 
8 '. Upper mandible deeper or equal to under. 
9. Tail feathers sharp-pointed at tip. 
10. Bill sharply curved. 
Sporophila, p. 376. 
10'. Bill not sharply curved. 
Ammodramus, p. 330. 
9 . Tail feathers not sharp-pointed at tip. 
10. Tail graduated Melospiza, p. 355. 
Fig. 392. 10'. Tail even or emarginate, adult males with 
plumage partly reddish. 
Carpodacus, p. 309. 
