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d. Length 7"25 : upper parts olive-green ; no ^ing-bars ; a white line 

 before the "eye; haunts thickets and undergrowth; song, a striking 

 mixture of whistles, chucks, and caws^ sometimes uttered on the wing. 



683. Yellow-breasted Chat. 



B. Under parts streaked with rufous-brown; length 5-00; general appear- 

 ance of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second 

 growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, wee, chee- 

 chee-chee^ cher-w'ee^ or chee-cMe-chee-chee^ way-o . 652. Yellow Warbler. 



C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent ; length 10-00 ; haunts 

 fields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer white tail- 

 feathers showing when on the wing ; song, a loud, musical whistle. 



501. Meadowlark. 



II. Throat white. ' 



A. With yellow on the sides. 



a. Length 5-50 ; rump yellow ; breast streaked or spotted with black ; 

 tail-feathers marked with white ; note, a characteristic tcMp ; Sept. to 

 May, usually rare or local in winter .... 655. Myrtle Warbler. 



h. Length 5*00; no streaks on under parts or white in the tail ; yellow 

 extending along the whole sides ; back olive-green, iris white ; haunts 

 thickets ; call, an emphatic " Who are you, eh ? " 



631. White-eyed Vireo. 



c. Length 5*25 ; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing conspicu- 

 ously in fight; haunts woodland; movements active, much in the 

 air, tail frequently spread 687. Kedstart. 



B. No yellow on sides. 



a. Length 6*75 ; a yellow line from the bill to the eye ; crown black, with 

 a white stripe through its center; haunts in and about thickets and 

 bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical whistle ; call-note, chink. 



558. White-throated Sparrow. 



I. Length 4-00 ; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered 

 by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; note, 

 a flne ti-ti ; Oct. to Apl 748. Golden-crowned Kinglet, 



III. Throat vinaceous ; length 12-00; a black breast-patch; belly white, 

 spotted with black; rump white, showing conspicuously in flight; linings 

 of wings yellow ; call-note, a loud ^^/^e-^/er 412. Flicker. 



IV. Throat and head black; length 7-50; breast, belly, and lower back deep 

 orange ; an active inhabitant of fruit and shade trees ; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle 507. Baltimore Oriole. 



V. Throat and upper breast ashy ; length 0-00 ; crested ; belly yellow, tail- 

 feathers largely pale rufous; haunts upper branches in woodland; note, a 

 loud questioning, or grating wliistle .... 452. Crested Flycatcher. 



VI. Grayish brown; length 7-00; crested ; tip of tail yellow. 



619. Waxwing. 



Second Group. —With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the under parts. 

 A. Throat red. 

 a. Length 7-00 ; wings and tail black ; rest of plumage bright scarlet ; 

 call-note, chip-chirr 608. Scarlet Tanacjek. 



