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upper branches of rows of elms and other shade trees ; song, a 

 rich, unbroken warble with an alto undertone. 



627. Warbling Vireo. 



b*. No white line over the eye; eye-ring and wing-bars white; 



length 4-00 ; a tiny, unsuspicious bird ; flits about the outer 



branches of trees and shrubs ; wings twitched nervously ; note, 



cack ; song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle. 



749. EUBY-CROWNED KiNGLET. 



b. Back gray or bluish gray. 



Ji. Crown black ; cheeks white ; a tree creeper; note, yanTc^ yanh. 



727. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



h^. A gray, crested bird ; forehead black ; no white in the tail ; note, 



a whistled peto^ peto^ or hoarse de-de-de-de . . 731. Tufted Tit. 



e. Back cinnamon-brown ; length 4-75 ; a nervous, restless, excitable 



bird ; tail carried erect ; song sweet, rapid and rippling, delivered 



with abandon 721. House Wren. 



B. Under parts white or whitish ; length over 7'50. 



a. Upper parts grayish slate-color; a white band at the end of the 

 tail ; a concealed orange-red crest ; 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 12'00; slim, brownish birds with long tails; flight short and 

 noiseless ; perch in a tree, not iii an exposed position ; note, tut- 

 tut^ cluck-cluck^ and cow-cow. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 388. Black-billed Cuckoo. 



C. Under parts not white. 



a. Slate-color ; cap and tail black ; inhabits the lower growth ; call-note, 

 nasal ; song highly musical and varied ; length 8-50 . 704. Catbird. 



b. Grayish brown ; conspicuously crested ; a black line through the 

 eye ; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small flocks ; note 

 thin and weak; length 7*00 619. Cedar Waxwing. 



c. Under parts cream-buft"; a conspicuous whitish line over the eye; 

 upper parts rufous-brown; movements active; tail carried erect; 

 haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking ; length 5-50. 



718. Carolina Wren. 

 2. Back streaked. 

 A. Crown rufous or chestnut without streaks. 



a. Length 5-25 ; bill black ; a whitish line over the eye ; a familiar bird 

 of lawns and door-yards ; song, a monotonous cJiippy-cMppy-chippy. 



560. Chipping Sparrow 



b. Length 5-50 ; bill reddisli brotvn^ back rufous, or rufous-brown ; 

 wing-bars and eye-ring whitish ; haunts dry, bushy flelds and pas- 

 tures ; song, a musical, plaintive cher-ivee^ cher-wee., cTier-wee., cheeo.^ 

 dee-dee-dee-dee 563. Field Sparrow. 



c. Length 5-50 ; forehead black ; crown and wings chestnut-rufous ; 

 flanks pale grayish brown ; haunts marshes ; song, a rapidly repeated 

 vieet-weet-weet^ etc 584. Swamp Sparrow. 



