Field Key 



SCOLOPACID^ (The Snipe-like Family).— Continued. 



Bartramian Sandpiper (Field Plover). Speckled brown 

 all over, except lower breast, brownish-gray. Dis- 

 tinctly recognizable from his shrill whistle in couplets, 

 dropping from upper air, day or night. 12^ inches. 



American Woodcock. Black, gray, russet, above. Brown- 

 ish-red below. Body, stout and heavy, with short 

 neck and long bill. 10 inches. 



CHARADRIID^ (The Family of Cleft-Dwellers). 



Killdeer. Upper parts brown. Under parts, pearl- 

 white, except black band across chest. Long, 

 pointed wings with a crook in them in flight. 



10 inches. 

 TETRAONID.a; (The Pheasant Family). 



Ruffed Grouse (Partridge). Black, brown, white; with 

 big neck-rufif of black. Crested. 18 inches. 



Quail ("Bob White"). Speckled reddish-brown, varied 

 with white. Conspicuous throat patch; white in 

 male, buff in female. Clear, loud, distinct whistle, 

 deUberately given in a short series, one note at a 

 time, with accent on the last. 10 inches. 



COLUMBIDiE (The Family of Doves). 



Mourning Dove (Turtle Dove). Blue-gray and olive- 

 brown. Smooth, swift, noiseless flight. 13 inches. 



CATHARTIDiE (The Family of Cleansers). 



Turkey Buzzard. Entire plumage black, marked with 

 dull brown. Wings pointed at ends. The big bird 

 most frequently seen of those that float aloft with 

 motionless, wide-spread wings. 30 inches. 



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