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b. Length 6-00 ; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; frequently 

 seen feeding on buds or blossoms ; call-note, a sharp cJdnk^ often ut- 

 tered during flight ; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



517. Purple Finch. 



c. Length 6-00; dull red or green tinged with red; mandibles crossed; 

 generally seen in flocks feeding on pine cones . 521. Am. Crossbill. 



d. Length 5-00 ; a red crown-cap ; back streaked black and brown ; breast 

 rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins ; Nov. to Mch. . . . 528. Eedpoll. 



Ji. Throat black. 

 o. Length 8-00 ; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and white ; song 

 loud and musical ; call-note, peek . . 595. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 6. Length 8-00; a conspicuous crest; region about the base of the bill 

 black ; rest of the plumage and bill red ; song, a clear wiiistle. 



593. Cardinal. 

 c. Length 5-50 ; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing con- 

 spicuously in flight ; movements active ; much in the air ; tail fre- 

 quently spread ; haunts woodland 687. Eedstart. 



IL No red on the under parts, 



A. Length 9-00 ; black ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; migrates in flocks. 



498. Eed-winged Blackbird. 

 £. Length 5*25 ; crown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts streaked 

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



528. Eedpoll (Im.). 

 C. Length 4*00 ; under parts whitish ; back olive-green ; a ruby crown- 

 patch ; eye-ring white ; movements restless, wings flitted nervously ; call- 

 note, cack ; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and Oct. ; Apl. and 

 May 749. Euby-crowned Kinglet. 



Third Group.— With blue in the plumage. 



I. Length 11-50 ; a conspicuous crest ; upper parts dull blue ; under parts 



whitish ; a black patch on the breast 477. Blue Jay. 



II. Length 7-00 ; upper parts bright blue ; under parts cinnamon-rufous. 



766. Bluebird. 

 III. Length 5-50 ; entire plumage indigo-blue . . . 598. Indigo Bunting. 



Fourth Group.— Plumage conspicuously black, or black 



and white. 



I. Black and white birds. 

 A. Throat black. 

 a. Length over 6*00. 

 ai. Entire under parts black; nape buflfy ; rump white; a musical 

 dweller of fields and meadows ; frequently sings on the wing. 



494. Bobolink. 



aa. Breast rose-red; rest of the plumage black and white; song rapid, 



loud, and musical ; call-note, peeh ; a tree dweller in rather open 



woodland 595. Eose-breasted Grosbeak. 



as. Sides rufous : rest of the plumage black and white ; call-note, 

 cAcM'f^Z; or ?'ow7i<'c/ inhabit.? the undergrowtli . . . 587. Towiiee. 



