FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



n. With red in the plumage. 



1. Witii ml citi th.' imdur parts. 



A. Throiit Tiid. 



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

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



Scarlet Tanaoek, 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. 



PuKPLE FiNcn, page 149. 



c. Length 6-20 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 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. 



KosE-BREASTED Grosbeak, page 150. 



b. Length 8-00 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; Meh. to Oct Keu-winoed Blackbird, page 132. 



£. X^ength 5-25 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, ffitcA ; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and 

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



m. With blue in the plumage. 



.•/. Lciigtli ll-.")(i inclii's ; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



Blue Jay, page 130. 



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

 brown Bluebird, page 186. 



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



Indigo Bunting, page 152. 



Z>. Length 13-00; bluish gray; liaunts near water; feeds on flsh, which 



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



