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d. Length 7*25 ; upper parts olive-green ; no wing-bars ; a white line 

 before the eye ; haunts thickets and undergrowth ; song, a striking 

 mixture of whistles, chucks, and caivs, sometimes uttered on the wing. 



683. Yellow-breasted Chat. 

 £. Under parts streaked with rufous-brown; length 5-00; general appear- 

 ance of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second 

 growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, ^vee, che'e- 

 chee-chee^ cher-w'ee^ or chee-chee-ch'ee-che'e^ way-o . 652. Yellow Warbler. 

 C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 10-00 ; haunts 

 fields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer white tail- 

 feathers showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musical whistle. 



501. Meadowlark. 



II. Throat white. 



A. With yellow on the sides. 



a. Length 5-50 ; rump yellow : breast streaked or spotted with black ; 

 tail-feathers nuirked with white ; note, a characteristic tchip ; Sept. to 

 May, usually rare or local in winter .... 655. Myrtle Warbler. 



h. Length 5*00 ; no streaks on under parts or white in the tail ; yellow 

 extending along the whole sides; back olive-green, iris white; haunts 

 thickets ; call, an emphatic " Who are you, eh ? " 



631. White-eyed Vireo. 



c. Length 5-25 ; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing conspicu- 

 ously in flight ; haunts woodland ; movements active, much in the 

 air, tail frequently spread 687. Kedstart. 



B. No yellow on sides, 



a. Length 6-75 ; a yellow line from the bill to the eye ; crown black, with 

 a white stripe through its center; haunts in and about thickets and 

 bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical whistle ; call-note, chink. 



558. White-throated Sparrow. 



h. Length 4-00; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered 

 by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; note, 

 a fine ti-ti ; Oct. to Apl 748. Golden-crowned Kinglet. 



III. Throat vinaceous ; length 12-00; a black breast-patch; belly white, 

 spotted with black ; rump white, showing conspicuously in flight ; linings 

 of wings yellow ; call-note, a loud Ive-yer 412. Flicker. 



IV. Throat and head black; length 7-50; breast, belly, and lower back deep 

 orange ; an active inhabitant of fruit and shade trees ; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle • 507. Baltimore Oriole. 



V. Throat and upper breast ashy ; length 9-00 ; crested ; belly yellow, tail- 

 feathers largely pale rufous; haunts upper branches in woodland; note, a 

 loud questioning, or grating whistle .... 452. Crested Flycatcher. 



VL Grayish brown; length 7*00; crested ; tip of tail yellow. 



G19. Wax wing. 



Second Group.— With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the under parts. 

 A. Throat red. 

 a. Length 7-00 ; wings and tail black ; rest of plumage briglit scarlet ; 

 call-note, chip-chirr 608. Scarlet Tanager. 



