KEY FOR Wi:^TER 



Brovsrn or Bro"wnish. 



A. 



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

 10.75. 0"ly where there is little snow; feeds in grass; shows white tail- 

 feathers in flight p. 190. Meadowlark. 



10.00. Head black; breast bay p. 73. Robin. 



7.75. On or near the beach; throat yellow ... p. 200. Shore Lark. 



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



A'. 



8.25. (As far north as Central Park, N. Y.) Crest, wings, and tail tinged 



with reddish p. 151. V Cardinal. 



7.17. Low in thickets; tail reddish-brown ; breast white, spotted. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 6.74. Scratches on ground; tail brown; throat white. 



p. 163. "WTiite-throated Sparrow. 

 [6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 



B. 



6.36. In small flocks on ground; wing-bars white; breast unstreaked, 



with small dusky spot in centre . . p. 162. Tree Sparrow. 

 6.30. Skulks in marshes or brush heaps; breast streaked, with dark 



blotch in centre p. 157. Song Sparrow. 



6.27. Brownish-gray: in flocks with slate-gray males; outer tail-feathei"s 



white p. 158. 9 Jiinco. 



6.25. Only in beach grass p. 171. Ipswich Sparrow. 



5.66. Clings close to tree-trunks p. 88. Brown Creeper. 



5.65. In small flocks; common near sea-shore or in bayberry patches; 



rump yellow p. 120. Myrtle Warbler. 



5.32.** Grayish-brown; feeds in birches or in weed-patches; adults have 



dark red crown p. 178. Redpoll. 



5.10. In small flocks in trees or on ground; call-notes sweet; flies high 



when startled; wings and tail black and white. 



p. 177. Goldfinch. 



B 



r 



5.50. Skulks in brush heaps; whistles loudly; conspicuous whitish line 

 over eye p. 94. Carolina "Wren. 



4.06. Skulks in brush heaps or walls; dark brown and very small. 



p. 91. Winter Wren. 



