SPECIAL BIRDS OF N. Y., PA., AND N. J. 99 



272. BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCH. 



Ashy-blue Whitish, 



4. Top of head, down to eyes, brown, dark-bordered ; 



white spot on nape. 



Rarely breeding only in S. N. J. and rare straggler to S. Pa. ; hub- 

 its of other nuthatches. 



273. NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED FINCH. 



Smaller than sharp-tailed finch (7), but with same 

 coloring, except " colors are brighter, and markings more 

 sharply defined." 



A western species, but a rare migrant on N. J. coast. 



274. ACADIAN SHARP-TAILED FINCH. 



Size and coloring of sharp-tailed finch (7), '' but paler 

 and less conspicuously streaked beneath with pale green- 

 ish-gray." 



A new subspecies, ranging along the coast; within territory only 

 on N. J. coast, where it is a regular migrant. 



RED LIST OF LAND AND WATER BIRDS. 



hicluding every shade frojn dark chestnut to scarlet. The 

 bird s proper number precedes ^ its length follows^ its name. 



* Red the prevailing titit, even when not throughout ^ or 

 with wijigs and tail black. 



301. Screech Owl ; 8-10; in the "red phase." 

 195. Pine Grosbeak; 8-9; carmine; wings and tail, black- 

 ish. 



58. Cardinal Grosbeak ; %]A,\ cardinal-red. 



61. Scarlet Tanager ; 7^ ; scarlet, except jet-black wings 

 and tail. 



