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b. Length under 6-00. 

 b^. Crown black : cheeks white ; back ashy ; unstreaked ; call, cMclc-a- 



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



}fl. Conspicuously streaked with black and white ; a tree creeper. 



636. Black and white Warbler. 

 B. Under parts white or whitish. 



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

 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, 

 yank, yarih 727. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



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

 terrestrial ; Nov. to Mch. 534. Snowflake. 



n. No white in the plumage. 

 ^. Length 19-00; jet black . 48S 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 Grackle. 5116. Bronzed Grackle. 



C. Length 9-50 ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; call, Icong-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 without streaks or spots. 



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

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

 o>. No wliite line over the eye ; flycatchers, capturing their prey 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-phmhe. 



456. Ph(e;be. 

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



note, chebec, chebec 467. Least Flycatcher. 



a*. Haunts woodlands ; generally frequents the upper branches ; 



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



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



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



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



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



Rnow it— do you hear me ? " etc. . . . 624. Eed-eyed Vireo. 



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



