FIELD KEY 29 



Section V. Birds not included in the preceding sec- 

 tions. 



I. With yellow or orange in the plumage. 



I. Throat yellow. 



A. Throat and breast pure yellow, zvithoiit streaks or 

 spots. 



a. Length 5.10 inches; cap, wings, and tail black; back 

 yellow; song canary-like, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing; flight undulating, frequently accompanied by 

 the notes chic-o-rcc, pcr-chic-o-ree; a permanent resi- 

 dent Am. Goldfinch, page 86. 



b. Length 5.95 inches; lower belly and wing-bars 

 white; back olive-green; frequents the upper 

 branches, generally in woodland: actions deliber- 

 ate; song loud and musical, uttered slowly, often 

 with pauses: "See me? Lni here; where are you?" 



Yellow-throated Vireo, page "jt,. 



c. Length 5.25 inches; cheeks and forehead black, 

 bordered by ashy; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; haunts thickets and undergrowth; move- 

 ments nervous and active; call-note pit or chack; 

 song, a vigorous, rapid witch-e-zvcc-o, witch-e-zvee-o. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, page 68. 



d. Length 7.45 inches; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; a white line before the eye; haunts thick- 

 ets and undergrowth; song, a striking mixture of 

 whistles, chicks, and caws, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing Yellow-breasted Chat, page 69. 



B. Under parts streaked with reddish-brown; length 

 5.00 inches; general appearance of a yellow bird; 

 haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second growths, 

 and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, 

 zvee, chee-chfe-chee, cher-zjuee, or chec-chee-chee-chee, zvdy-o. 



Yellow Warbler, page 61. 



