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b. Length under 6-00. 

 h^. Crown black : cheeks white ; back asliy ; unstrcaked ; call, cTiicTc-a- 



dee^ or a musical, double-noted whistle 735. Chickadee. 



&2. Conspicuously streaked with black and white ; a tree creeper. 



636. Black akd white Warbler. 

 B. Under parts white or whitish. 



a. Length 8 00; upper parts grayish slate-color; tail tipped with Avhite; 

 a bird of the air, catching its insect food on the wing, and occasionally 

 sallying forth from its exposed perch in pursuit of a passing Crow ; 

 note, an unmusical, steely chatter 444. Kingbird. 



b. Length 5-75 ; crown black ; back bluish gray ; a tree creeper; call-note, 

 yaiik^ yank 727. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



c. Length 6*50; upper parts washed with rusty; generally seen in flocks; 

 terrestrial ; Nov. to Mch 534. Snowflake. 



IL No white in the plumage. 



^. Length 19-00; jet black 4S8 Am. Crow. 



B. Length 12-00; black with metallic reflections; iris yellowish; migrates 

 in flocks ; nests usually in colonies in coniferous trees ; voice cracked and 

 reedy ; tail " keeled " in short flights ; a Walker. 



511. Purple Crackle. hWb. Bronzed Crackle. 

 C Length 9-50 ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; call, kong-quer-ree. 



498. Eed-winged Blackbird 



D. Length 7-50 ; head and neck coff'ee-brown ; frequently seen on the 



ground near cattle 495. Cowbird. 



Fifth Group.— Without either yellow, orange, red, or blue 

 in the plumage; not conspicuously black, or black 

 and -white. 



L Under parts all one color, without streaks or spots. 

 1. Back witTiout streaks or spots. 



A. Under parts white or whitish ; length tinder 7-50. 

 a. Back olive, olive-green, or slaty fuscous, 

 a^. No white line over the eye; flycatchers, capturing their pr&y on 

 the wing and returning to their perch, where they sit quietly until 

 making a fresh sally. 



a^. Crown blackish ; frequently found nesting under bridges or 

 about buildings ; tail wagged nervously ; note, pewit-phoebe. 



456. Phcebe. 

 a*. Wing-bars whitish ; haunts orchards, lawns, and open woodland ; 



note, chebec^ cliebec 467. Least Flycatcher. 



al Haunts woodlands ; generally frequents the upper branches ; 



note, a plaintive pee-a-wee 461. Wood Pewee. 



fti. A white line over the eye, or wing-bars white ; gleaners ; patiently 



exploring the foliage for food or flitting about the outer branches. 



b^. White line over the eye bordered by a narrow black one ; cap 



gray ; iris red ; song, a rambling recitative : " You see it— you 



know it— do you hear me ? " etc. . . . 624. Red-eyed Vireo. 



^8. White line over the eye not bordered by black ; prefers the 



