FIELD KKY To CoMMoN i;ilM)S. 79 



II. With red in the plumage. 



1. \\ nil n-'l oil the uiiiliT i';irt>. 



A. Throat rctl. 



a. Length 7":^') inches; wiiiirs and tail Mack; rc.-<t ol" pluina-^c hriglit 

 scarlet; cull-note, chip-chirr \, May to Sept. 



Scarlet T.\NA(iKis. pape '211. 

 h. Length 6*20 inches; dull. piid<isli red, wings and tail brownish; fre- 

 quently seen feeding on l»uds or blossoms; call-note, a sliarp (•////< X^-, 

 often uttered during Hight ; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



PiRPLE Finch, page 200. 



c. Length G-20 inches; dull red or green tinged with red; mandibles 

 crossed; generally seen in tiocks ; feeds on pine cones. 



Am. Crossbill, page 196. 



d. Lcnirth 5-CO incites; a red crown-cap: back streaked black and 

 brown ; breast rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins; Nov. to Mcli. 



Kedpoll, page Iti-i. 



B. Throat black. 



a. Length 8-00 inches; breast rose-red, rest of jilumage black and 

 wliite; song loud and musical ; call-note, />^ei-; May to Sept, 



KosE-BREASTED Grosbeak, page 202. 

 h. Length 8-00 inches; a conspicuous crest; region about the base of 

 the bill black; rest of the plumage and bill red; song, a clear 

 whistle ; resident from New York city southward. 



Cardixal, page 207. 

 c. Length 5*40 inches; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing 

 conspicuously in flight; movements active; much in the air; tail 

 frequently spread; liauuts woodland; May to Oct. 



Kei)stai:t, page 230. 



2. No red on tlic under parts. 



A. Length "J-oO inches; black; shoulders red; haunts marshes; migrates 

 in flocks; Mch. to Oct Ked-wixged Blackbird, page ItjG. 



B. Length :y2'i inches; crown-cap red; chin black; rest of under parts 

 streaked with blackish ; feeds on seeds and catkins; Nov. to Mch. 



Kedpoll (im.), page l;t4. 



C. Length 4-00 inches; under parts wliitish ; back olive-green; a rul)y 

 crown-patch; eye-ring white ; movements restless, wings flitted nerv- 

 ously; call-note, c«tl-; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and 

 Oct.; Apl. and May RiBV-rRowxEi) Kinglet, page 252. 



III. With blue in the plumage. 



A. JAiiL'th ll-.">u inclio; a c..ii>picuou8 crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



Hue Jay, page ir.3. 



B. Length 700 inches; uj^pcr i)arts bright blue; under i)arts cinnamon- 

 brown HuEBiRD, page 2(50. 



C. Length r>r)0 inches; entiri' i>lumagc indigo-blue ; May to Oct. 



iNDUio Hinting, page 20(3. 



D. Lengtli 13-00; bluish gray; haunts near water; feeds on flsh, which 

 it cutchcs by darting on them at the surface KiN.iKKiiKit. ]iagc 13G. 



