FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



H. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the under parts. 

 A. Throat red. 



a. Length 7'25 inches; wings and tail black; rest of plumage bright 

 scarlet ; call-note, chip-chirr ; May to Sept. 



Scarlet Tanager, page 150. 



b. Length 6-20 inches; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; fre- 

 quently seen feeding on buds or blossoms; call-note, a sharp chink, 

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



Purple Finch, page 149. 



c. Length (;"20 inches ; dull red or green tinged with red; mandibles 

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



Am. Crossbill, page 147. 



d. Length 5'30 inches; a red crown-cap; back streaked black and 

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



Kedpoll, page 14t). 

 £. Throat black. 



a. Length S'OO inches; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and 

 white; song loud and musical; caW note, peek; May to Sept. 



KosE-BREASTED Grosbeak, page 150. 



b. Length 800 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. 



Cardinal, page 153. 



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 ; haunts woodland ; May to Oct. 



Redstart, page 169. 



2. No red on the under parts. 



A. Length 9-50 inches; black; shoulders red ; haunts marshes; migrates 

 in flocks; Mch. to Oct Eed-winged Blackbird, page 132. 



Ji. Length 5-25 inches: crown-cap red; chin black; rest of under parts 

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



Kedpoll (im.), page 146. 



C. Length 4-00 inches; under parts whitish; back olive-green; a ruby 

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

 ously ; call-note, cack ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and 

 Oct.; Apl. and May Ruby-crowned Kinglet, page 182. 



ill. With blue in the plumage. 



A. Length 11-50 inches; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



Blue Jay, page ISO. 



B. Length 7-00 inches; upper parts bright blue; under parts cinnamon- 

 brown Bluebird, page 186. 



C. Length 550 inches ; entire plumage indigo-blue ; May to Oct. 



Indigo Bunting, page 152. 



D. Length 13-00; bluish gray; haunts near water; feeds on tish, which 

 it catches by darting on them at the surface . Ki.ngfisiiku, page 114. 



