KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



20. Glossy, metallic black, iridescent tints on head, tail, and wings. 



Tail long ; feet black. 



Purple Grackle. See page 175. 



** Crows. 



21. Large bird, glossy, purplish black. Wings appear saw-toothed 



in flying, tail extending beyond wings. Bill and feet black. 



American Crow. See page 178. 



22. Smaller than last species. Glossy, purplish black, chin un- 



feathered. 



Fish Crow. See page 179. 



*** Birds of the air, dashing from their perch to seize insects. 



23. Above dark ash ; head, wings, and tail black ; orange-red streak 



on poll. Beneath grayish white, darkest on breast, tail 

 terminating in a white band. 



Kingbird. See page 183. 



**** Birds of the air feeding on the -wring. 



24. A sooty-brown, swallow-like bird, building in chimneys. Wings 



longer than tail, which is nearly even, the shafts of the quills 



ending in sharp spines. 



Cliimney Swift. See page 193. 



E. BROWN OR BROWNISH BIRDS, OF VARIOUS SIZES 

 AND MARKINGS. 



* Brown or olive backs ; rather long, slender bills. Lightish 

 breasts, more or less speckled. All fine songsters, run- 

 ning or hopping on the ground. 



1. Above tawny-hroivn, deepest on head ; whitish eye ring. Sides of 



throat light buff, middle of throat, breast, and belly white, 

 sprinkled on the sides with heart-shaped dark brown spots. 

 Bill dark brown ; feet flesh-coloured. 



Wood Thrush. See page 57. 



2. Above evenhj tawny. Throat huff, flecked on sides with fine arrow- 



shaped brown spots. Under parts white; no eye ring; feet 



light. 



Wilson's Thrush. See page 58. 



3. Head and back uniform olive-brown. Throat buff and slightly 



speckled ; sides dull grayish white. Cheeks gray ; no eye ring. 



Bill slender. 



Gray-cheeked Thrush. See page 60. 

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