26 Land Birds of New England 



Tail not very short; feet if stretched out backward would 

 reach about to its tip. House Wren, Either Sex. 

 (p. 60.) 



91. Crown with yellow or scarlet patch. Bird very small. 



Go to 92. 



Crown without such a patch. Bird nearly as large as a 

 sparrow. Pine Warbler, Female, (p. 73.) 



92. Crown patch scarlet. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Male. 



(p. 48.) 



Crown patch flame-colored bordered with yellow. Gol- 

 den-crowned Kinglet, Male. (p. 49.) 



Crown patch yellow. Golden-crowned Kinglet, 

 Female, (p. 49.) 



93. Bird obscurely mottled. Go to 94. 

 Bird not mottled. Go to 96. 



94. Wing with two white bars; rump yellowish. White- 



winged Crossbill, Female, (p. 118.) 

 Wing without white bars. Go to 95. 



95. Beak with mandibles crossing one another like the blades 



of a pair of scissors; rump yellowish green. American 

 Crossbill, Female, (p. 119.) 



Beak of the ordinary pattern; rump not of contrasting 

 color. Cowbird, Female, (p. 128.) 



96. Bird of a blackish slate color. Go to 97. 

 Bird largely brown. Go to 98. 



97. No white on the body; beak black. Catbird, Either 



Sex. (p. 63.) 



Belly and outer tail feathers white; beak light. Slate- 

 colored Junco, Either Sex. (p. 105.) 



