FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



II. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the uinler parts. 



A. Throat red. 



a. Length 7"25 inches; winirs and tail bhiek ; rest of plumage bright 

 scarlet; call-note, c/iqi-c/iirr ; May to Sept. 



Scarlet Tanaoer, page 211. 



b. Length G-20 inelies; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; fre- 

 quently seen feeding on buds or blossoms; call-nq,te, a sharp cliiiik^ 

 often uttered during flight ; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



Purple Finch, page 200. 



c. Length 0-20 inches; dull red or green tinged with red; numdibles 

 crossed ; generally seen in flocks ; feeds on pine cones. 



Am. Crossbill, page 196. 



d. Length .5-30 inches; a red crown-cap: back streaked black and 

 brown ; breast rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins; Nov. to Meh. 



Kedpoll, page 104. 



B. Throat black. 



a. Lengtli 8-00 inches; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and 

 white; song loud and musical; call-note, /Jtci-; May to Sept. 



KosE-BREASTED Grosbeak, page 202. 

 h. Length S'OO inches; a conspicuous crest; region about the base of 

 the bill black ; i-est of the plumage and bill red ; song, a clear 

 whistle ; resident from New York city southward. 



Cardinal, page 207. 

 c. Length 5-40 inches; wings and tail banded with oi'ange-red, showing 

 conspicuously in flight: movements active; much in the air; tail 

 frequently spread ; haunts woodland ; May to Oct. 



Hedstart, page 230. 



2. No red on the under parts. 



A. Length y-50 inches; black ; shoulders red; haunts marshes; migrates 

 in flocks; Mch. to Oct IvED-winged Blackbird, page 100. 



B. Length 5-2.5 inches : crown-cap red ; cJiin black ; rest of under parts 

 streaked with blackish ; feeds on seeds and catkins ; Nov. to Mch. 



Eedpoll (im.), page 194. 



C. Length 4-00 inches; under parts whitish; back olive-green; a ruby 

 crown-patcli ; eye-ring white ; movements restless, wings flitted nerv- 

 ously ; call-note, cack\ song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and 

 Oct. ; Apl. and May Euby-crowned Kinglet, page 252. 



III. With blue in the plumage. 



A. Length ll-r)0 inches; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



Rlte Jay, page 103. 



B. Length T'OO inches; upper parts bright blue; under parts cinnamon- 

 brown Bluebird, page 200. 



C. Length 5'50 inches; entire plumage indigo-blue ; May to Oct. 



Indigo Bunting, page 200. 



D. Length 13-00; bluish gray; haunts near water; feeds on flsh, which 

 it catches by darting on them at the surface . Kingfisher, page 130. 



