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red; song, a rambling recitative: "You see it — 

 you know it — do you hear me? " etc. 



Red-eyed Vireo, page 71. 



o". Length 5.75 inches; a white line over the eye 

 not bordered by black; prefers the upper branches 

 of rows of elms and other shade trees; song, a rich 

 unbroken warble with an alto undertone. 



Warbling Vireo, page ^2. 



(T. Length 4.00 inches; no white line over the eye; 

 eye-ring and wing-bars white; a tiny, unsuspicious 

 bird; flits about the outer branches of trees and 

 shrubs; wings twitched nervously; note, each, 

 song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet, page 159. 



h. Back gray or bluish gray. 



h^. Length 6.50 inches; a gray, crested bird; fore- 

 head black; no white in the tail; note, a whistled 

 pcio, peto, or hoarse dc-de-de-de ; resident from 

 New York city southward. 



Tufted Tit, page 46. 



b" Length 8.50 inches; a white band at the end of 

 the tail; a concealed orange-red crest; a bird of 

 the air, catching its insect food on the wing, and 

 occasionally sallying forth from its exposed perch 

 in pursuit of a passing Crow; note, an unmusical, 

 steely chatter Kingbird, page iii. 



c. Back brown. 

 c^. Length 5.00 inches; a nervous, restless, excita- 

 ble bird; tail often carried erect; song sweet, 

 rapid and rippling, delivered with abandon. 



House Wren, page 55. 



