FIEI.I) Ki:V TO CoMMoX P.IKDS. >;i 



fl'. LfU^'tli •"••7'> inches; a white line (Ucr the eye nut bordered hy 

 bhiek ; prefers the upper hranciies of rows of ehns and other sliade 

 trees; son-:, a rich, iiultrukiti warhk- with an alto untlertone ; May 

 to Sept Waui5lix(j ViitKo, pasre •I'J.-J,. 



a'. Lenj^'th 4-<)0 inelies; no white line over the eye; eye-rinj,' and 

 win>,'-bars white: a tiny, unsuspicious bird; tlits about tlie outer 

 branches of trees and shrubs ; winjjfs twitched nervously ; note, 

 cacl-\ song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle; Sept. and Oct.; 

 Apl. and May Ktnv-cHowxEi) Kinglet, paire 252. 



b. Back olive-irreen or dusky olive; tlycatchers who capture their prey 

 on the wing by darting for it, and while perching are quiet and erect. 

 i». Length 7'00 inches; frequently found nesting under bridges or 



about buildings; crown blackish; tail wagged ner\ously; uote-s 



pee,,pee^ and peu'lt-phcebe^ ^Iq\\. io O^tt. . . . Pn(EBE, page 154. 

 i". Length 6"50 inches ; liaunts wooded growths ; note, a plaintive 



pee-a-icee\ May to Sept Woou Pewee, page 158. 



i*. Length 5*40 inches; haunts orchards, lawns, and open woodlands; 



note, c/ubec, chebec Least Flycatcuer, page 156. 



c. Back gray or bluish gray. 



(.'». Length tV50 inches ; a gray, crested bird ; forehead black ; no white 

 in the tail; note, a whistled jttto^peto, or hoarse de-ile-Je-de; resi- 

 dent from New York city southward . . Tikted Tit, page 250. 



6-2. Length 8-50 inches ; a white band at the end of the tail ; a con- 

 cealed orange-red crest; a bird of the air, catching its insect food 

 on tlie wing, and occasionally sallying forth from its exposed percli 

 in pursuit of a passing Crow; note, an unmusical, steely chatter; 

 May to Sept Kixgbiud, page 150. 



d. Back brown. 



t/i. Length 5-00 inches: a nervous, restless, excitable bird; tail often 

 carried erect; song sweet, rapid and rippling, delivered with aban- 

 don ; Apl. 25 to Oct House Wkex, page 240. 



d^. Length 12-25 inches; slim, brownish birds with long tails; flight 

 short and noiseless ; perch in a tree, not in an exposed position ; 

 note, tut-tut, cluck-cluck, and cow-coiv; May to Oct. 



Yellow-billed Citkoo, Black-billed Cickoo, page 132. 

 £. Back brownish, streaked. 

 a. Crown rufous or chestnut without streaks. 



a». Length 5-25 inches; bill black; a whitish line over the eye; a 

 familiar bird of lawns and door-yanls ; song, a monotonous c?i ipp^- 

 c/iipj>i/-c?iij>ji//\ Apl. to Nov. . . CiiiPiMXtJ Si'AURow, page 186. 



a'. Length 5-70 inches; bill reddish brown, back rufous or rufou.s- 

 brown ; wing-bars and eye-ring whitish ; haunts dry, bushy fields 

 antl pastures; song, a musical, plaintive c/wr-wt't; cher-wee, cher- 

 wet', ckeen, dee-dee-dee-dee ; Apl. to Nov. Field Spakuow, page 182. 



a*. Length 5-90 inches; forehead black; crown and wings chestnut- 

 rufous ; thinks jiale grayish brown ; haunts marshes ; song, a rapitlly 

 repeated n',>f-ir,.t-ir,,t, etc.; Mch. to Nov. 



SwAMi- Si'Aicuow, page 180. 



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