78 FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 



d. Length 7"45 inches; upper parts olive-green; no wing-burs; a white 

 line before the eye ; haunts thickets and undergrowth ; song, a strik- 

 ing mixture of whistles, cZ/i^c^'s, and ca?rs, sometimes uttered on the 



wing; May to Sept Yellow-breasted Chat, page 236. 



Ji. Under parts streaked with reddish brown ; length 5'00 inches ; gen- 

 eral appearance of a yellow bird ; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, 

 second growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, 

 wee., chee-chee-chee., ch'er-wee^ or chee-che'e-chee-chee^ way-o ; May to Sept. 



Yellow Warbler, page 228. 



C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 10-75 inches; 



haunts tields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer 



tail-feathers white, showing when on the wing ; song, a loud, musical 



wliistle ; a permanent resident Meadowlark, page 174. 



2. Throat white. 



A. With yellow on the sides. 



a. Length 5-50 inches ; rump yellow ; breast streaked or spotted with 

 black ; tail-feathers marked with white; note, a characteristic tclui)\ 

 Sept. to May, usually rare or local in winter. 



Myrtle Warbler, page 228. 



b. Length 5-00 inches ; no black on under parts or white in the tail ; yel- 

 low extending along the whole sides ; back olive-green, iris white ; 

 haunts thickets ; call, an emphatic" Who are you, eh ? " ; May to Oct. 



White-eyed Vireo, page 222. 



c. Length 5-25 inches ; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing 

 conspicuously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much 

 in the air, tail frequently spread ; May to Oct. Kedstart, page 230. 



B, No yellow on sides. 



a. Length 6-75 inches ; a yellow line from the bill to the eye ; crown 

 black, with a white stripe through its center ; haunts in and about 

 thickets and bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical w^histle; 

 call-note, chink White-throated Sparrow, page 188. 



h. Length 4-00 inches ; a yellow, or yellow and orange crown-patch, bor- 

 dered by black ; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes ; 

 note, a fine ti-tl ; Oct. to Apl. Golden-crowned Kinglet, page. 251. 



3. Throat neither yellow nor white. 



A. Length 12-00 inches ; white rump and yellow in wings showing con- 

 spicuously in flight ; a black breast-band ; note, a loud h-e-yer. 



Flicker, page 140. 



B. Length 9-00 inches ; crested : breast ashy, belly yellow ; tail-feathers 

 largely pale brownish red ; haunts upper branches in woodland ; note, 

 a loud questioning or grating whistle ; May to Sept. 



Crested Flycatcher, page 152. 



C. Length 7-50 inches ; throat and head black ; breast, belly, and lower 

 back deep orange ; haunts fruit and shade trees ; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle; May to Sept Baltimore Oriole, page 1G4. 



D. Length 7-20 inches ; crested ; grayish brown ; a black line through 

 the eye ; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small flocks ; note 

 thin and weak Cedar Waxwing, page 216. 



