PERMANENT GROUP — BLACK LIST 89 



235. EUROPEAN STARLING. 



Iridescent greenish-black, rusty-speckled. 



S)4. Bill, long and greenish-white . 



Introduced and local, rare ; nest, in tree ; eggs, 4-7, pale greenish. 



236. CEDAR-BIRD: WAXWING. 



Creamy-brown. 



6-^. Crested ; forehead, eye-stripe, and chin, black ; yel- 

 low tip of tail may escape notice ; see 255. 



237. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



Black, ashy-blue White. 



6. Entire top of head and neck, ^bovt, glossy black ; rest, 



above, ashy-blue ; side of face, white ; tail, black, with 



white markings. 



Nest, of grasses, feathers, etc., in hole; eggs, June 1st, white, 

 thickly spotted ; commonly found climbing tree-trunks, often head 

 downward. 



238. CHICKADEE: BLACK-CAPPED TITMOUSE. 



Black, ashy Black, whitish. 



5-5^. Entire top of head^ nape^ and throat, black; side 



of face, white ; below, the white quite " rusty " in winter. 



Nest, of moss, hair, wool, etc., in hole of tree, post, or fence ; eggs, 

 latter part of May, 6-8, white, spotted ; in N. J. only in winter. 



* * Nos. 239-242 : With no evident black on head. 



239. BLUE JAY. 



Purplish-blue Whitish. 



IT-12. Crested; forehead, black; wings and tail, blue, 

 but black-barred and white-tipped ; below, bluish-white on 



