KEY FOR AUTUMN 65 



[lo.oo. Size of Hobin.] 



9,40. On trunks or large limbs; stripe down middle of back white; wings 

 and tail barred with black and white. 



p. 224. Hairy "Woodpecker. 



8.56. On trunks or large limbs; back speckled with white; Avhite stripe 



along edge of wings p. 220. Sapsucker. 



8.35. Scratching on the ground under bushes; head black; tail black, 



outer feathers tipped with large white spots . p. 152. Towhee. 

 6.88. In flocks, generally near the sea; wings and tail black and white; 



body chiefly white p. 174. Snow Bunting. 



6.83. On trunks or large limbs; stripe down middle of back white; wings 



and tail barred with black and white. 



p. 223. Downy "Woodpecker. 



A". 



12.00. In woods; crown white; nape black ... p. 197. Canada Jay. 

 8.75. On trunks and large limbs; back barred with black and white. 



p. 221. American Three-toed "Woodpecker. 



[6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 

 B. 



6.07. Climbing about on the large limbs or trunks of trees; top of head 



black; back bluish-gray . p. 86. "White-bellied Nuthatch. 

 5.30. (Rare after October 1.) Climbing about the trunks or large limbs of 



trees; streaked black and white. 



p. 129. Black and White "Warbler. 

 5.28. (Rare after October 10.) In trees; head and throat black ; under parts 



white; white spot on wing. 



p. 121. Black-throated Blue "Warbler. 

 5.27. In small flocks in trees; cap and throat black; cheeks and breast 



white p. 84. Chickadee. 



Black. 

 A. 



12-13.50. In flocks; taillong p. 184. Crow Blackbird. 



[10.00. Size of Kobin.] 



g.55. In flocks near water p. 186. Rusty Blackbird. 



9.51. In flocks, with red or white at the bend of the wing. 



p. 191. Red-winged Blackbird. 



7.92. In flocks ; head brown; body black . . . p. 192. Cowbird. 



A'. 



8.50. (Only near New York city or Long Island Sound.) "Walks on 

 ground; purplish or greenish at close range; feathers of upper 

 part tipped with buff p. 195. Starling. 



A". 



17.00. Entire plumage black, except a red crest and a white bar on wing. 



p. 219. Pileated "Woodpecker. 



