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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 chink, 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. Redpoll. 



B. Throat black. 



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

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



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

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



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. Red-winged Blackbird. 

 JB. 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, each ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and Oct. ; Apl. and 

 May 749. Euby-crowned Kinglet. 



Third Group.— With blue in the plumage. 



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



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



IL 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 'vrhite. 



I. Black and white birds. 

 A. Throat black. 

 a. Length over 6-00. 

 a». Entire under parts black; nape buflFy; rump white; a musical 

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



494. Bobolink. 



a2. Breast rose-red ; rest of the plumage black and white ; song rapid, 



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



woodland 595. Eose-breasted Grosbeak. 



a3. Sides rufous; rest of the plumage black and white; call-note, 

 chewinTc or towhee ; in"habits the undergrowth . . . 587. Towhee. 



