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2'. Under parts without yellow. 

 3. Upper parts brown, streaked. 



4. Crown striped black and white ; under parts gray or white. 



Ckown Sparrows ; see Zonotrichia, p. 337. 

 4'. Crown black ; chest black. 



Lapland Longspur; see Calcarius, i^. 325. 

 3'. Upper parts not brown streaked. 

 4. Throat with black patch. 

 5. Back streaked with black. 



Black-throated Gray Warbler, p. 418. 

 5'. Back not streaked. 



6. Black of throat extending- over chest. 



Black-throated Si'Arkows ; see Amphispiza, p. 350. 

 . Black of throat not extending- over chest. 



Chickadees ; see Parus, p. 455. 

 4'. Throat without black patch. 



5. Tail forked, plumage marked with salmon or red. 



SCISSOR-TAILED FLYCATCHER, p. 246. 



5'. Tail not forked, plumage not marked with salmon or red. 

 6. Back blue black or bluish gray ; length 4-6. 

 7. Back blue black ; throat chestnut. 



Cliff Swallow, p. 384. 

 7'. Back bluish gray. 

 8. Tail extremely short . Nuthatches ; see Sitta, p. 453. 

 8. Tail long . . Gnatcatchers ; see Po/j'opfi7a, p. 465. 

 6'. Back gray, brownish gray, or ash gray ; length 8-13. 

 7. Tail mainly black or white ; back of head gray. 

 8. Tail mainly white ; length about 12-13. 



Nutcracker, p. 282. 

 8'. Tail mainly or wholly black ; length about 7.50-10.75. 



9. Belly brown Say Phcfbe, p. 25.5. 



9 . Belly gray or white . Shrikes ; see Lanius, p. 391. 

 7'. Tail mainly gray ; back of head black. 



Ore(U)N and Rocky Mountain Jays; sef^ Peri soreus, 

 p. 277. 



II. BIRDS WITH YELLOW IN PLUMAGE. 



1. Under parts mainly or wholly yellow. 



2. Upper parts streaked . . . Mkadowlarks ; see Sturnella. p. 292. 

 2 . Upper parts not streaked. 



3. Plumage yellow and green, without gray or black. 



Yellow Warblers ; see Dendroica, p. 407. 

 3. Plumage witli grav or ])lack. 

 4. Length about (;.r,0- 10.50. 



5. Head and nt'ck red, yellow, black, or yellow and lilack. 



6. Head and neck red . . . . ]A)risiANA Tanager. p. 379. 

 ()'. Hfad and neck black, or yellow and black. 

 7. ITpper parts olive green, lores black. 



Long-tailed Chat, p. 426. 

 7'. Upper parts black and yellow. 



Ohiolks ; see Icterus, p. 293. 

 5'. Head and neck gray. 



6. Wings and t.iil marked with rufous. 



Cre.stkd Flycatchers ; see Myiarchtis, p. 251. 



