KEY FOE AUTUMN 



(SEPTEMBER 15 NOVEMBER 15) 



Brown or Brownish. 



A. 



12.20. ( In trees ; very slender; tail long: Yellow-billed/ p , 



11.83.1 under parts white . . . p. 226. Black-billed \ Oucl£00 ' 



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



11.42, Reddish-brown; flies into bushes when disturbed; tail long. 



p. 95. Brown Thrasher. 

 10.75. Flies up from the grass; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 190. Meadowlark. 

 [10.00. Size of Robin.] 

 g.55. In flocks; upper parts rusty-brown . .p. 186. Rusty Blackbird. 



8.35. Scratches under bushes; outer tail-feathers deeply tipped with white. 



p. 152. ? Towhee. 

 8.12. In trees; line over eye and bar on wing white. 



p. 150. % Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 7.75. On or near the beach: throat yellow ... p. 200. Shore Lark. 

 7.26. (After October 15.) Fox color; scratches on ground; breast spotted. 



p. 154. Fox Sparrow. 

 7.ig. In flocks in trees; plump, sleek; eats fruit . p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 7.17. On ground, or low limbs; tail reddish-brown. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 7.17. On ground, or low limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive-brown; 

 cheek buffy; eye-ring white . p. 76. Olive-backed Thrush. 

 6.25-7.58. On ground, or low limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive- 

 brown ; Cheek gray; no eye-ring. 



p. 77. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



6.99. On trees near water; tail constantly jerked . . p. 206. Phcebe. 



6.74. Feeds on ground, generally in flocks; head marked with black and 



white; line over eye yellow or yellowish; throat white or whitish. 



p. 163. White-throated Sparrow. 



6.38. In flocks on the ground in ploughed fields and on mud-flats and 



marshes; tail constantly wagged; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 97. American Pipit. 

 [6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 

 B. 



6.36. (After October 20.) In flocks on the ground, or in low bushes; 



wing-bars white; spot on unstreaked breast dusky. 



p. 162. Tree Sparrow. 



6.30. In weedy fields, or at the edges of grassy marshes; breast streaked 



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



