202 AFFENDIX. 



BIRDS MOSTLY GRAY. 



A. Olive-gray. Rarely, if ever, seen on the ground. 



B. Brownish-gray. Back streaked. 



C. Slate-gray. 



A. (i) Birds that sit on exposed perches ; tail held directly 

 beneath the bird. 



a. No conspicuous wing-bars. Bird jerks the tail 



after alighting. Note, phoe-he. Phoebe. 



b. Two white wing-bars ; tail not jerked. Note, 



pePee-wee. Wood Peewee. 



c. Resembles b, but smaller. Note, a sharp 



che-bec, snapped out with a jerk of the 

 head. Chebec, or Least Flycatcher. 



A. (2) Birds that hunt in the branches of trees. Tail quite 



short. 



a. White line over eye. Song made up of 



broRen phrases. Red-eyed Vireo. 



b. No white line. Song a slow, continuous 



warble. Warbling Vireo. (Cf. p. 199 

 £{2),a.) 



B. A sparrow, seen on the ground or at the edges of fields. 



a. Breast streaked ; tail shows two white outer 

 feathers. Song strong and sweet. Ves- 

 per sparrow. 



C. a. Found in bushy places about houses. Cap 



and tail black. Catbird. 



