. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 250 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTEKN NORTH Shoulder (lesser wing coverts), rufous brown; at least half of outer tail feathers, white ; back, streaked. Vesper Sparrow. Pooccates gramineus. See No. 408. Back, tinged with rufous brown, and streaked with black ; carpal joint (beud of wing), edged with pale yellow; tail, over ; usually au indication of yellow in front of tlie eye; uo white on tail featliers. White=throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis. See Xo. 423. Bill, sharji; tail, under 2
. The birds of eastern North America known to occur east of the nineteenth meridian ... Birds. 250 KEY TO THE BIKDS OF EASTEKN NORTH Shoulder (lesser wing coverts), rufous brown; at least half of outer tail feathers, white ; back, streaked. Vesper Sparrow. Pooccates gramineus. See No. 408. Back, tinged with rufous brown, and streaked with black ; carpal joint (beud of wing), edged with pale yellow; tail, over ; usually au indication of yellow in front of tlie eye; uo white on tail featliers. White=throated Sparrow. Zonotrichia albicollis. See Xo. 423. Bill, sharji; tail, under 2 inches; entire upper plumage, olive buff, streaked with black; under plumage, buffy white, or ashy white, heavily streaked with black; more or less yellow on edge and base of wing feathers, and base of tail feathers. Pine Siskin. Pine Finch. Spintis pinns. See No. 402. Crown and back, dull brown, without streaks ; underparts, brownish, whitish on belly; l)reast streaks, not very pro- nounced, often indistinct (female). Indigo Bird. Indigo Bunting. Passerina cyatiea. See No. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cory, Charles B. (Charles Barney), 1857-1921; Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago, Special edition printed for the Field Columbian museum
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