KEY FOR AUTU]\I]N" 



(SEPTEMBER 15-XOVEMBER 15) 



Bro"wn or Brownish. 

 A. 



12.20. ( In trees ; very slender; tail long; Yellow-billed/ p , 

 11.83. ( under parts white . . . p. 2-26. Black-billed i 



12.00. Flies from or to trees; rump white p. 216. Flicker. 



11.42, Reddish-brown; flies into bushes when disturbed; tail long. 



p. 95. Brown Thrasher. 

 10.75. Flies up from the grass; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 190. Meadowlark. 

 [10.00. Size of Robin.] 

 9.55. In flocks; upper parts rusty-brown . . p. 186. Rusty Blackbird. 



8.35. Scratches under bushes; outer tail-feathers deeply tipped with white^ 



p. 152. 9 Towhee. 

 8.12. In trees; line over eye and bar on wing white. 



p. 150. 9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 7.75. On or near the beach ; throat 3'ellow ... p. 200. Shore Ijark. 

 7.26. (After October 15.) Fox color; scratches on ground; breast spotted. 



p. 154. Fox Sparrow. 

 7.19. In flocks in trees; plump, sleek; eats fruit . p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 7.17. On ground, or low limbs; tail reddish-brown. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 7.17. On ground, or low^ limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive-brown; 

 cheek buif}^; eye-ring white . p. 76. Olive-backed Thrush. 

 6.25-7.58. On ground, or low limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive- 

 brown; cheek gray; no eye-ring. 



p. 77. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



6.99. On trees near water; tail constantly jerked . . p. 206. Phoebe. 



6.74. Feeds on ground, generally in flocks; head marked with black and 



white; line over eye yellow or yellowish; throat white or whitish. 



p. 163. "White-throated Sparrow. 

 6.38. In flocks on the ground in ploughed fields and on mud-flats and 

 marshes; tail constantly wagged; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 97. American Pipit. 

 [6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 

 B. 



6.36. (After October 20.) In flocks on the ground, or in low bushes; 



wing-bars white; spot on unstreaked breast dusky. 



p. 162. Tree Sparrow. 



6.30. In weedy fields, or at the edges of grassy marshes; breast streaked 



with dark blotch in centre .... p. 157. Song Sparrow. 



