FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



H. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the under parts. 



A. Throat red. 



a. Length 7'25 inches ; wings and tail black ; rest of plumage bright 

 scarlet ; call-note, chip-chirr ; May to Sept. 



SCARLET TANAOEB, page 156. 



b. Length 6-20 inches ; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; fre- 

 quently seen feeding on buds or blossoms ; call-note, a sharp chink^ 

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



PURPLE FINCH, page 149. 



c. Length 6-20 inches ; dull red or green tinged with red ; mandibles 

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



AM. CROSSBILL, page 147. 



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

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



REDPOLL, page 146. 



B. Throat black. 



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

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



ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK, page 150. 



d. Length 8*00 inches ; a conspicuous crest ; region about the base of 

 the bill black ; rest of the plumage and bill red ; song, a clear 

 whistle ; resident from New York city southward. 



CARDINAL, page 153. 



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

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

 frequently spread ; haunts woodland ; May to Oct. 



REDSTART, page 169. 



2. No red on the under parts. 



A. Length 9-50 inches ; black ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; migrates 

 in flocks ; Mch. to Oct RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, page 132. 



B. Length 5-25 inches : crown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts 

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



REDPOLL (im.), page 146. 



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

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

 ously ; call-note. cacJc ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and 

 Oct. ; Apl. and May RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET, page 182. 



HI. With blue in the plumage. 



A. Length 11-50 inches ; a conspicuous crest ; upper parts dull blue ; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



BLUE JAY, page 130. 



B. Length 7-00 inches; upper parts bright blue; under parts cinnamon- 

 brown BLUEBIRD, page 186. 



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



INDIGO BUNTING, page 152. 



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

 it catches by darting on them at the surface . KINGFISHER, page 114. 



