KEY FOR MAECH 



Brown or Brownish. 

 A. 



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



10.75. Whistles in tree-tops; feeds in grass; shows white tail-feathers. 



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. 



7.26. (Arrives about March 15.) Scratches on the ground; tail reddish- 



brown; breast spotted p. 154. Fox Sparrow. 



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. 9 Cardinal. 



7.17. Low in thickets; tail reddish-brown; breast spotted ; not common. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

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



p. 163. White-throated Sparrow. 

 [6.33. English Sparrow.] 



B. 



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

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



6.30. Sings a bright song from bush or small tree; breast streaked with 

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



6.27. Brownish-gray; in flocks with slate-gray males; outer tail-feathers 



white p. 158. ? Junco. 



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 bay berry patches; rump 



yellow p. 120. Myrtle Warbler. 



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



dark red crown p. 178. Redpoll. 



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



when startled; wings and tail black and white. 



p. 177. Goldfinch. 

 B'. 



5.50. (Very rare in New England.) Skulks in brush; whistles loudly; con- 

 spicuous whitish line over eye ... p. 94. Carolina Wren. 



