FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 83 



S. Under parts not white or whitish, all one color, without streaks. 



A, Length 8-50 inches ; slate-color ; cap and tail black ; inhabits the 

 lower growth ; call-note, nasal ; song highly musical and varied ; Apl. 

 25 to Oct CATBIRD, page 173. 



. Length 7-20 inches; grayish brown; conspicuously crested; a black 

 line through the eye ; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small 

 flocks ; note thin and weak CEDAR WAXWING, page 161. 



C. Length 5*50 inches; under parts cream-buff; a conspicuous whitish 

 line over the eye ; upper parts reddish brown ; movements active ; tail 

 carried erect ; haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking; resident 

 from New York city southward .... CAROLINA WREN, page 177. 



4. Throat and upper breast black or slate-color, very different from the 

 white or chestnut belly. 



A. Throat black. 



a. Belly and rump chestnut; head, wings, and tail black; length 7*30 

 inches ; haunts orchards and shade trees ; song highly musical ; May 



to Sept ORCHARD ORIOLE, page 132. 



b. Belly white ; sides reddish brown ; tail black and white ; length 8-85 

 inches ; haunts undergrowths ; call-note, chewink or towhee ; Apl. 25 

 to Oct TOWHEE, page 151. 



B. Throat slate-color. 



a. Back and wings slate-color; outer tail-feathers and belly white; 

 length 6-25 inches ; haunts generally on or near the ground about 

 shrubbery ; Oct. to Apl JUNOO, page 145. 



5. Throat streaked with black and white ; rest of under parts reddish brown ; 

 upper parts grayish slate-color; length 10-00 inches . ROBIN, page 186. 



