78 FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 



d. Length 7-45 inches; upper parts olive-green; no wing-burs; a white 

 hue before the eye ; haunts thickets and undergrowth ; song, a strik- 

 ing mixture of whistles, cA«c/ts, and cast's, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing; May to Sept Yellow-beeasted Chat, page 236. 



B. Under parts streaked with reddish brown ; length 5-00 inches ; gen- 

 eral appearance of a yellow bird ; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, 

 second growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, 

 w)gg, chee-chee-chm^ ch'er-wee, or ch'ee-chee-chee-cMe^ ivay-o ; May to Sept. 



Yellow Warblek, page 2'28. 



C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 10-75 inches; 

 haunts lields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer 

 tail-feathers white, showing when on the wing ; song, a loud, musical 

 whistle ; a permanent resident Meadowlark, page 174. 



2. Throat white. 



A. With yellow on the sides. 



a. Length 5-50 inches; rump yellow ; breast streaked or spotted with 

 black ; tail-feathers marked with white ; note, a characteristic ti:liii) ; 

 Sept. to May, usually rare or local in winter. 



Myrtle Warbler, page 228. 



h. Lcntith 5-00 inches ; no black on under parts or white in the tail ; yel- 

 low extending along the whole sides ; back olive-green, iris white; 

 liaunts thickets ; call, an emphatic " Who are you, eh ? " ; May to Oct. 



White-eyed Vireo, page 222. 



c. Length 5-25 inches ; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing 

 conspicuously in flight ; haunts woodland ; movements active, much 

 in the air, tail frequently spread; May to Oct. Kedstart, page 230. 



B. No yellow on sides. 



a. Length 6-75 inches ; a yellow line from the bill to the eye ; crown 

 black, with a white stripe through its center ; haunts in and about 

 tliickets and bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical whistle; 

 call-note, chinlc White-throated Sparrow, page 188. 



h. Length 4-00 inches ; a yellow, or yellow and orange crown-patch, bor- 

 dered by black ; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes • 

 note, a fine ti-ti ; Oct. to Apl. Golden-crowned Kinglet, page. 251. 



3. Throat neither yellow nor white. 



A. Length 12-00 inches ; white rump and yellow in wings showing con- 

 spicuously in flight ; a black breast-band ; note, a loud h>e-yer. 



Flicker, page 140. 



B. Length 9-00 inches; crested: breast ashy, belly yellow; tail-feathers 

 largely pale Ijrownish red ; haunts upper branches in woodland ; note, 

 a loud questioning or grating whistle ; May to Sept. 



Crested Flycatcher, page 152. 



C. Length 7-50 inches ; throat .ind head black ; breast, belly, and lower 

 back deep orange ; haunts fruit and shade trees ; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle; May to Sept Baltimore Oriole, page 164. 



D. Length 7-20 inches ; crested ; grayish brown ; a black line through 

 the eye ; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small flocks ; note 

 thin and weak Cedar Waxwing, page 216. 



