KEY FOR MAY 

 Brown or Brownish. 



12. 20 ) In trees; very slender; tail long; under parts white. 



or > p. 227. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 



n. 83 ) p. 226. Black-billed Cuckoo. 



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

 11.42. Reddish-brown; tail long; sings high in trees; flies into bushes when 



disturbed p. 95. Thrasher. 



10.75. Whistles in tree-tops, or from posts; feeds in grass ; outer tail-feathers 



white p. 190. Meadowlark. 



9.75. Flutters from ground in woods; band across neck white. 



p. 213. "Whip-poor-will. 

 9.01. In trees; notes loud and harsh; belly yellow; tail reddish-brown. 



p. 207. Crested Flycatcher. 

 8-35- On ground, or in thickets; tail-feathers tipped with white; flanks 



reddish-brown p. 152. 9 Chewink. 



8.29. On ground or on low limbs; head reddish-brown; breast white; 



spotted with black; song beautiful . p. 79. "Wood Thrush. 



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



with reddish p. 151. 9 Cardinal. 



8.12. In trees; streaked with grayish; whitish line over eye; white wing- 

 bar; bill very large . . p. 150. 9 Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 8.00. Near swampy ground; blackish-brown; often with black red-shoul- 

 dered males p. 191. 9 Red-winged Blackbird. 



7.52. In wet woods ; upper parts tawny-brown ; breast not distinctly spotted. 



p. 78. Wilson's Thrush. 

 7.58-7.00. On ground or low limbs ; breast white, spotted with black ; 

 upper parts grayish-brown . p. 77. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 

 7.17. Like above, but eye-ring white; cheek buffy. 



p. 76. Olive-backed Thrush. 



7.17. (Generally only till May 10.) On ground, or low limbs; breast 



white, spotted with black ; tail reddish-brown, often slowly raised. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 7.25. Grayish-brown; walking on ground, or lighting in trees, often with 



black males p. 192. 9 Cowbird. 



7.19. In trees; often in flocks; head and throat rich brown ; belly yellow- 

 ish; tail-feathers tipped with 3-ellow; head crested. 



p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 7.12. In grassy fields; under parts yellowish-brown, unstreaked; gene- 

 rally with black and white males ... p. 193. 9 Bobolink. 



