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     .1. 131150. 11111111 111il yellmv. . . . . . . . . . . 533. PINE SISKIN. 
     
     ll. Outer [1111»1'1-111111-1‘s with \\ hite 11111111115“. 
     
     11. Mind 11111411111 shorter than the hill 1'1'11111 the nostril. 
     
     (11. Lesser wing~e0verts rut'uus; 111'1111st streaked with 111111-k. 
     
     131'). \'1-;s1-1-:11 SPARROW. 
     
     (1’. Sides 111'111'11wn 111111 euricoverts ehostnut; 11 111111111 spot on the cen— 
     
     ter 111'1111: 111111st. . . . . . . . . . 5.32:. LARK 5151111111111 
     
     (111111111111 11111] 111111th1111 11il1 1'1111111111st111. 
     
     I). L111le1 1111rts e1e11111—bu11, t111111ut1-r tuil—t'eathcrs 11111stly white. 
     
     .537. S111‘1'11‘s LuxusI-I'R. 
     
     11’. Under parts whitish; 111'011st streaked 01‘ s1111tte1l with black or 
     
     entirely bluek ; seeund nuter tuil-1'euther with hut little white. 
     
     5311'. LAPLANI) Loxusrrn. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A FIELD KEY TO THE 
     
     ADULT MALE FINCHES AND SPARROWS OF THE MIDDLE STATES 
     
     (VIRGINIA T0 MASSACHUSETTS) IN BREEDING PLUMAGE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     1. Breast, with more or less yellow. 
     
     11. Breast MIN. 
     
     [11. Breast. 111‘ thruut r1-1l. 
     
     IV. Breast without either yellow, blue, 111~ r1111. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Breast with more or less yellow. 
     
    

    
     ‘1. Chin white,‘ tl1r1111t 111111-11; huunts gl'uSsy 1i1~l1ls; song 1111 unmusical 
     
     1-1111rt 111's'1x or seven 1111tes delivered with great earnestness from 11 
     
     11111‘ 111:1'1'11 t_1‘:11'e exist 111' the .\llegln1nies'1. . . . . 111111. l)11‘1<1:1ss1:1,. 
     
    

    
     11’. [11111-1 parts 111111 breast 11111‘1-3'1-111111', crown 111111 wings 1111111k; song 11 
     
     s\\«'t'1 111111111'1'11111- \1'111‘1111-1 tlight undulating, frequently 111-e0111p11nie1l 
     
     111' the 111111-s 1'111'11-11—2-11./11 I'-1‘/tl(’-()-l'1'1i . . . . . . 51:11. GOLDFINCH. 
     
    

    
     II. Breast blue. 
     
    

    
     A. Length 1111-1'1‘1‘00: 1111111111ge1le1111 1111111, 11 chestnut 1111r111'rosst110 wings 
     
     (11111 11111111111111'th 111' Virginian 1 . . . . . . 5197. l11,1'1;(11111s111:,111. 
     
    

    
     11'. Length 1111111-1-1‘1-1‘11); 1111111111ge 1111lig11—111111-2 haunts 111111111 ti1-l1ls,seruh 
     
     <11~ 501'1'11111 gruwth; sung clear 11nd musical, generully 111-li\'ere1l 1111111 11 
     
     t11-e— 11111 . . . . . . . . . 5115'. I.\'1111;11 Brx’nxu. 
     
    

    
     III. Breast or throait red. 
     
    

    
     .1. Length M111; tl111111t 111111 11-gi11n11111111t tl11- 11:1s1'(11'1111111111111111'li, rest; 
     
     111'tl1e 1111111111141: 11right 1‘1-r111ili1111-1‘1-1l: 111-1111 with 111-1111s11ie11m1s crest; 
     
     song 11 ri1-h, 111usi1-11l whistle: 1-1111711111111111 insignifieunt 111/1111; h111111ts 
     
     thieliets 111111 hushy 11011111111111 (rure 11111'111 111' New York 1-it_\' 1. 
     
    

    
     511:}. (211111132111. 
     
     '1 r11se»r1:1l; 111111.1'11i11 111‘the tail, 11111111. 11111l 1111111111 
     
     ‘est111'1111111111111uge1,11111‘111 huunts \1‘1111111'11 growths; 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ,1}. Length T1711; 1111 » 
     
     in the wings white. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     511111,; 101111Y 1-11-111', 111111 highly 1nusi1‘ul; 131111411111: 11 111et11llie}11=1/;. 
     
     {1115. li11sr;—I11u;11s'r1;11(11111151115111. 
     
     C. Length under 6‘50; plumage more 01‘ less heavily washed with dull