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cc. Plumage above evidently mottled or streaked. 

 d. Prevailingly bluish ; white beneath ; bill long ; 

 crest present, Belted Kingfisher. 



dd. Not at all bluish ; no crest. 

 e. Very dark mottled, black, brown, gray and 

 tawny ; wings long ; nocturnal birds, roosting 

 on the ground or longitudinally on limbs, fence- 

 rails, etc. 

 Tail rounded ; no white spaces on wing, 



Whippoorwill. 

 Tail slightly forked ; large white spaces on 



' wing, NiGIITHAWK. 



ee. Prevailing tint brown, streaked with darker ; not 



nocturnal. 



f. Length 10 inches ; stocky, ground loving birds. 



Breast bright yellow with black crescent ; outer 



tail feathers white. Meadow Lark. 



Breast not yellow ; no white tail feathers, 



BOBWIIITE. 



ft". Length 6-8| inches ; not stocky, 

 g. Terrestial birds with outer tail feathers white. 

 Upper parts pale grayish-brown distinctly 

 streaked ; wings and tail not very dark ; 

 bend of wing bright bay, in contrast to 

 other parts. Vesper Sparrow. 



Upper parts dark brown, obscurely streaked ; 

 wings and tail blackish ; bend of wing not 

 contrasted with other parts. Titlark. 



gg. Meadow and swamp birds ; outer tail feathers 

 not white ; walkers, not hoppers. 

 Brown, heavily streaked with paler ; beneath 

 whitish with numerous dark streaks ; tail 

 feathers soft and rounded at end, 



Female Red-winged Blackbird. 



