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Section V. Birds not included in the preceding 

 sections. 

 I. With yellow or orange in the plumage. 

 I. Throat yellow. 

 A. Throat and breast pure yellow, without streaks or 

 spots. 



a. Length 5.10 inches; cap, wings, and tail black; back 

 yellow; song canarylike, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing; flight undulating, frequently accompanied by 

 the notes chic-o-ree, per-chic-o-ree ; a permanent 



resident Am. Goldfinch, page 86. 



h. Length 5.95 inches; lower belly and wing-bars 

 white; back olive-green; frequents the upper 

 branches, generally in woodland; actions deliber- 

 ate; song loud and musical, uttered slowly, often 

 with pauses: " See me? I'm here; where are you? " 

 Yellow-throated Vireo, page 73. 



c. Length 5.25 inches; cheeks and forehead black, 

 bordered by ashy; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; haunts thickets and undergrowth; move- 

 ments nervous and active; call-note pit or chack ; 

 song, a vigorous, rapid zvitch-e-zvce-o, zvitch-e-zvce-o. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, page 68. 



d. Length 7.45 inches; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; a white line before the eye; haunts thick- 

 ets and undergrowth; song, a striking mixture of 

 whistles, chucks, and cazvs, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing Yellow-breasted Chat, page 69. 



' B. Under parts streaked with reddish-brown; length 

 5.00 inches; general appearance of a yellow bird; 

 haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second growths, 

 and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, 

 wee, chee-chee-chee, cher-wee, or chee-chee-chec-chee, 

 <way-o Yello\v Warbler, page 61. 



