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3. Under parts ),ot white or whitisli, all one colur, icithoiit streaks. 



A. Lentrtli 8-")0 iiK'lu's ; slate-eolor : eap ami tail hlaek ; Inhabits the 

 lower growth : call-note, nasal; sonir hiL'hly musical and varied; Apl. 

 2/> to Oct Catbird, page 237. 



/?. Lenifth 7-20 inches; grayish brown; conspicuously crested; a black 

 line through the eye; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small 

 flocks; note thin and weak Ckdar Waxwixo, page 2l»;. 



C. Length 5-50 inches; under parts cream-buff; a conspicuous whitish 

 line over the eye; upper parts reddish brown; movements active; tail 

 carried erect ; haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking; resident 

 from New York city southward .... Carolina Wrex, page 244. 



4. Throat and upper breast black or slate-color, very different from the 

 white or chestnut belly. 



A. Throat black. 

 a. Belly and rump cJiestnut; head, wings, and tail black; length 7-30 

 inches; haunts orchards and shade trees; song highly musical; May 



to Sept Orchard (Jriole, page 166 



h. Belly white; sides reddisli brown; tail black and white ; length 8-35 

 inches; haunts undergrowths ; call-note, c/<e«'i/</C- or toivh>e; Apl. 25 



t"J *^^'t TowHEE, page 204. 



£. Throat slate-color. 

 a. Back and wings slate-color; outer tail-feathers and belly white; 

 length 6-25 inches ; liaunts generally on or near the ground about 

 shrubbery ; Oct. to Apl Jlnco, page 192. 



5. Throat streaked with black and white ; rest of under parts reddish brown ; 

 upper parts grayish slate-color; length 10-00 inches . Kobin, page 260. 



