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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. 



h*. 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. RuBY-CROWNED KiNGLET. 



b. Back gray or bluish gray. 



fti. Crown black ; cheeks white ; a tree creeper ; note, i/ani;, yanh. 



727. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



b^. 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. 



c. 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. 



£. 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 in an exposed position; note, tut- 

 tut^ cluck-cluck, and cow-cow. 



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

 C. Under parts 7wt 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-buff; 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 chippy-chippy-chi'ppy. 



560. Chipping Sparrow. 



b. Length 5-50 ; bill reddish brown, back rufous, or rufous-brown ; 

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

 tures ; song, a musical, plaintive cher-wee, cher-wee, cher-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 

 weet-iveet-iveet, etc 584. Swamp Sparrow. 



