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Crown olive-green like back ; sides and nnder 



tail coA'erts yellow, White-eyed Vireo. 



No distinctive markings, Warbling Vireo. 



aaa. Back bright asliy-l)lue ; crown glossy black ; tree 



climber, AYiiite-ureasted Nuthatch. 



B. Underparts not as al»ove. 



a. Back, breast and sides (and often other parts) dis- 

 tinctly streaked with varions shades of ])lack, 

 brown and lighter colors, 

 b. Length scarcely 5 inches ; plumage with evident 

 yellow tinge. 

 Tail feathers very acute ; secretive meadow bird, 

 in summer, Hexslow^'s Sparrow. 



Tail feathers not acute ; active bird of trees and 

 shrubs ; in winter, Pixe Finch. 



bb. Length more than 5 inches ; plumage without 

 decided yellow tinge, 

 c. Crown crimson ; face and throat blackish ; winter 

 visitor, Lesser Red-poll. 



cc. No crimson ; summer residents. 

 d. Dark brown ; streaking thick ; bend of wing and 

 line over eye yellow, Savannah Sparrow. 



dd. Bright brown ; streaking not so thick ; no 

 yellow. 



Breast, though streaked, with a broad trans- 

 verse cream-buff band, Lincoln's Sparrow. 

 Breast with no such band but often with a 

 distinct central brown blotch, 



Song Sparrow. 

 aa. Back, breast and sides not as above, 

 b. General cast of plumage brown, palest beneath, 

 everywhere waved or crossbarred with dusky ; 

 small, active birds. 



Length about 5 inches ; no white ; summer 

 resident. House Wren. 



