CONTEISTTS 



INTRODUCTION page 



I. The Object and Plan of this Guide ... 3 



11. Birds and their Seasons 6 



III. Migration 9 



IV. Distribution 13 



V. Hints for Field Work 18 



VI. How TO use the Keys 22 



KEYS 



• Key for Winter 29 



Key for March 33 



Key for April 37 



Key for May 42 



Key for Summer 51 



Key for Autumn 61 



BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND AND EASTERN NEW 

 YORK 



Perching Birds : Order Passeres 



Thrushes : Family Turdidae . . . 



Kinglets : Family Sylviidae .... 



Tits : Family Paridae . . . , , 



Nuthatches : Family Sittidae .... 



Creepers : Family Certhiidae . . . , 



Wrens : Family Troglodytidae 



Thrashers and Mockingbirds : Family Mimidae 



Titlarks : Family Motacillidae 



Warblers : Family Mniotiltidae 



Vireos : Family Vireonidae .... 



Shrikes : Family Laniidae . . . . . 



Waxwings, etc. : Family Ampelidae 



Swallows : Family Hirundinidae 



Tanagers : Family Tauagridae 



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