FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



II. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red "ii the under parte. 



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 Tanaqer, page 156. 



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

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

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



I'uri'le Finch, page 149. 



c. Length 8*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 530 inches; a red crown-cap: back streaked black and 

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



Redpoll, page 146. 



B. Throat black. 



a. Length 8-00 inches; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and 

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



Rose-isreasted 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 ; 6ong, a elear 

 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 Red-winged Blackbird, page 182. 



B. Length 525 inches : crown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts 

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



Redpoll (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, auk; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and 

 Oct.; Apl. and May Buby-obowkbd Kinglet, page 182. 



£H. With blue in the plumage. 



A. Length 11*50 inches; r conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a Mack patch on the breast 



Blue Jay, page 130. 



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

 brown Bi.i F.iiiiu), page 186. 



C. Length 5-50 inches; entire plumage indigo-blue ; May to Oct. 



[ndigo I'.i vi im,, page 152. 



D. Length 13-00; bluish gray; haunts Dear water; feeds on fish, which 

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



