FIELD KEY 27 



B. Length under 8.00 inches; upper parts not slate 



color; tail not tipped with white. 



0. Length 7.00 inches; frequently found nesting un- 

 der bridges or about buildings; crown blackish; 

 tail wagged nervously; note, pee, pee, and pewit- 

 phcebe Phoebe, page 114. 



b. Length 6.50 inches; haunts wooded growths; note, 

 a plaintive pee-a-wee. . . . Wood Pewee, page 115. 



c. Length 5.40 inches; haunts orchards, lawns, and 

 open woodland; note, chcbec, cliebec. 



Least Flycatcher, page 169. 



2. Birds that feed on the wing for hours without perch- 

 ing. 



A. Plumage entirely black. 



a. Length 5.50 inches; plumage sooty black; usually 

 nests in chimne3's. . . . Chimney Swift, page 117. 



b. Length 8.00 inches; glossy, bluish black; nests in 

 gourds or houses erected for its use. 



Purple Martin, page 78. 



B. Plumage not entirely black. . Swallows, page 78. 



SECOND GROUP. 



CLIMBING AND CREEPING BIRDS. 



(Nuthatches, Creepers, Woodpeckers.) 

 I. Birds without stiffly pointed tail-feathers, that cHmb 

 either up or down. 



1. Length 6.C0 inches; back gray, cap black, cheeks and 

 under parts white; note, a nasal yank, yank; a perma- 

 nent resident. . White-breasted Nuthatch, page 48. 



2. Length 4.50 inches; back gray, cap black, a blackish 

 streak through the face; under parts reddish brown; 

 note, high and thin, like the tone of a penny trumpet. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch, page 160. 



