28 FIELD KEY. 



3. Length 5.25 inches; upper parts streaked black and 

 white; note, a thin wiry see-sec-scc-scc. 



Black and White Warbler, page 59. 



II. Birds with stiffly pointed tail-feathers, that always 

 climb upward. 



1. Length 5.65 inches; plumage dull brown and black; 

 size small, bill slender; an inconspicuous bird who winds 

 his way up the trunks searching for insects' eggs, etc.; 

 note, fine and squeaky. . . Brown Creeper, page 160. 



2. Plumage with more or less white, size larger, bill 

 stouter, chisel-like, often used in hammering. 



A. Length 9.75 inches; head red, back black; flight 

 showing a large white patch in the wing. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, page 123. 



B. Length 12.00 inches; crown gray; a red band on 

 the nape; flight showing a white patch on the lower 

 back and yellow in the wings; often flushed from the 

 ground; note, kee-yer Flicker, page 127. 



C. Length 6.75 inches; crown black; back and wings 

 black and white; note, a sharp peek. 



Downy Woodpecker, page 122. 



THIRD GROUP. 



birds not included in the preceding groups. 



{Blackbirds, Orioles, Sparrows, Vireos, Warblers, 

 Thrushes, etc.) 



Section I. With yellow or orange in the plurqage. 



Section II. With red in the plumage. 



Section III. With blue in the plumage. 



Section IV. Plumage conspicuously black, or black 



and white. 



