368 THE STUDY OF BIRDS IN THE FIELD 



Key to Birds Larger than the Robin 

 The numbers refer to the pages whei-e the birds are described. 



* Birds seen constantly on the wing, and generally near or over the 



water. (E.) 



* Mottled-brownish, short-billed i ground birds, with feathered legs, 



walking and scratching like barnyard fowl. (D.) 



* Crested birds, with more or less of blue in the plumage. (C.) 



* Black-plumaged birds, not constantly on the wing. (B.) 



* Not as above. (A.) 



A. Long-legged ground birds, with a slender bill,- an inch or more 



long Bartramian Sandpiper, p. 247. 



A. Brown-colored ground birds, with a loni; tail and a spotted 



breast Brown Thrasher, p. 06. 



A. Loud-voiced, woodpecker-like birds, with nuich golden color on 

 the under sides of the wings and tail, and a black crescent across 



the breast ; belly with round, black spots Flicker, p. 17b. 



A. Small-headed, full -breasted, short-billed * birds, with reddish breast ; 



head and neck with metallic tints 



Mourning Dove, p. 210. Passenger Pigeon, p. 215. 



A. Slender birds, with long, slender, somewhat curved bills,'* and 



long tails, having the outer feathers white tipped 



The Cuckoos, p. 182. 



A. Mottled- backed ground birds, with long, straight bill,"' yellow 



under parts, and a black crescent on the breast 



. . Meadowlark, p. 147. 



A. Very much mottled, short-legged birds, with a white or buffy collar 



around the throat Chuck-will's-widow, p. 10!>. 



B. Black, without iridescence The Crows, i)p. 155, 150. 



B. Black, glo.ssy, and iridescent Purple Crackle, p. 150. 



C. Large-headed bird, with a heavy, long, straight bill,'' and two blui.sh 



bands across the breast Belted Kingfisher, p. 179. 



C. Tail and wings heavily barred' with black; a black band across 



breast Blue Jay, p. 153. 



D. Tail long, and when expanded, fan-shaped ; a ruff of black feathers 



on the lower part of the side neck Rufied Grouse, p. 224. 



D. Tail extending but little beyond the tips of the wings when 



closed ; a tuft of feathers higher up on the side neck 



Prairie Hen, p. 225. 



