32 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



43. BLACK-AND-WHITE CREEPER. 



Black, streaked with white. 



5-5^. Top of head, black-and-white striped ; below, 



whiter than above. 



Nest, of grass, leaves, moss, delicately lined ; eggs, about June ist, 

 4-6, creamy white, dark-spotted ; always creeping on trunk and 

 branches. 



44. BLUE-GRAY GNAT-CATCHER. 



Ashy-blue White. 



4^2-5. Forehead and superciliary line, black ; tail, black 

 and white (outermost feathers entirely white) ; ? head with- 

 out black. 



North to S. E. N. Y. and in western N. Y ; rare, except locally ; 

 nest, elegant, covered with lichens, cup-shaped, 10-60 ft. from ground ; 

 remarkably active and voluble. 



* * Nos. 45-55 : Without black stripe on head. 



t Nos. 45-49 : Entire tender side white {whitish) or black. 



45. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Brownish-gray White. 



11-12. Bill, black; eye-ring, red; outer tail-feathers, 



white-tipped (subtipped with black) ; breast, sometimes 



slightly tinged with light brown. 



Throughout, but the more northerly of the two species ; nest, 

 rather crude, not far from ground ; eggs, early in June, 4-8, green- 

 ish, laid irregularly. 



46. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 



Brownish-gray White . 



1 1 - 1 2 . Bill, largely yellow j see 0§. 



