78 FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 



d. Length 7*45 inches ; upper parts olive-green ; no wing-bars ; a whitt 

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

 ing mixture of whistles, chucks, and caws, sometimes uttered on the 



wing ; May to Sept YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, page 172. 



JB. 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, 

 wee, chee-chee-chee, cher-weie, or chee-cJiee-chee-chM, way-o ; May to Sept. 



YELLOW WARBLEB, page 168. 



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

 haunts fields 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 136. 



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 tchip ; 

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



MYRTLE WARBLER, page 168. 



b. Length 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 ; 

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



WHITE-EYED VIRKO, page 165. 



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. REDSTART, page 169. 



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 

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

 call-note, chink WHITE-THROATED SPARROW, page 143. 



b. 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. 181. 



8. 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 kee-yer. 



FLICKER, page 116. 



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

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

 a loud questioning or grating whistle ; May to Sept. 



CRESTED FLYCATCHER, page 123. 



C. Length 7'50 inches ; throat and 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 131. 



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 16L 



