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6.99. About farm-buildings, or near water; tail constantly jerked; flies 

 out into the air after insects p. 206. Phoebe. 



6.88. Feeds on ground ; head marked with bright black and white; no 



yellow line over eye; throat not white. 



p. 164. "White-crowned Sparrow. 

 6.74. Feeds on ground; head marked with bright black and white; line 

 over eye yellow; throat white. 



p. 163. 'White-throated Sparrow. 

 [6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 



B. 



6.30. Wherever there are bushes and water; breast streaked, with dark 



blotch in centre p. 157. Song Sparrow. 



6.23. In trees; entire under parts grayish-white, unstreaked. 



p. 136. Red-eyed Vireo. 

 6.17. In dry woods; on ground or low limbs; breast streaked with black. 



p. 108. Oven-bird. 

 6.12. In pastures or near cultivated fields; breast streaked; outer tail- 

 feathers white p. 172. Vesper Sparrow. 



5.89. In marshes; breast dark, unstreaked; crown chestnut. 



p. 155. Swamp Sparrow. 



5.85. In salt marshes p. 167. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



5.80. In trees; common in village streets; entire under parts white, un- 

 streaked p. 134. Warbling Vireo. 



5.68. In grass-land; breast streaked . . p. 170. Savanna Sparrow. 



5.68. In bushy pastures and hillsides; often in cedars; breast unstreaked; 

 song musical p. 160. Field Sparrow. 



5.59. In bushes or small trees; unstreaked; tail nervously twitched to the 

 side p. 149. ? Indigo-bird. 



5.52. In pines; upper parts brownish; under parts dull whitish; wing- 

 bars dull white p. 111. 9 Pine Warbler. 



5.38. (Not common north of latitude of Boston.) In dry sterile fields ; breast 

 buffy, unstreaked; song insect-like. 



p. 169. Grasshopper Sparrow. 



5.37. Near houses or farming land, or in cedars; breast ashy, unstreaked; 

 song unmusical p. 161. Chipping Sparrow. 



5.20. In salt marshes or cat-tail swamps; clings to stalks with tail cocked; 

 song bubbling . . . .p. 89. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



5.00. In wet meadows, or on ill-drained hillsides; breast streaked; sings 

 from low perch; note jiee-sic'; rare. 



p. 168. Henslow's Sparrow. 



5.00. In orchards or about buildings; tail often cocked over back. 



p. 93. House Wren. 



4.00. In marshy meadows; clings to stalks with tail cocked; song not 



bubbling p. 90. Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



B'. 



6.00. In salt marshes; not found north of Long Island Sound. 



p. 165. Seaside Sparrow. 



5.50. (Very rare in southern Connecticut; not uncommon in the lower 

 Hudson Valley.) Skulks in bushes; whistles loudly ; conspicuous 

 whitish line over eye p. 94. Carolina Wren. 



