FIELD COLOR KEY 



TO ADULT SPRING MALES MENTIONED IN 

 THIS BOOK. 



I. BRIGHT OR STRIKINGLY-COLORED BIRDS. 



PAOB 



A. Blue Conspicuous in Plumage . . . xxix 



B. Red Conspicuous in Plumage . . . xxxi 



C. Yellow or Orange Conspicuous in 



Plumage xxxiii 



D. Black or Black and White Conspic- 



uous IN Plumage xxxviii 



II. DULL-COLORED BIRDS. 



A. Olive-Green or Olive-Brown . . . xlii 



B. Gray or Bluish. xliii 



C. Brown or Brownish xlv 



[For special keys to Hawks and Owls, see pp. 285, 296.] 



I. BRIGHT OR STRIKINGLY-COLORED BIRDS. 



A. BLUE CONSPICUOUS ^^ 



IN PLUMAGE. 

 1. Large ; head crested. 

 2. Upper parts and 



band across the 



white under parts bluish 



gray ; white ring around head 



and neck. Found by water. V^n^^ 



Call, a loud rattle. Plunges 



into water for fish. 



p. 157. Belted Kingfisher. 



