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d. Length 7'25 ; upper parts olive-green ; no wing-bars ; a white line 

 before the eye ; haunts thickets and undergrowth ; song, a striking 

 mixture of whistles, chucks, and caws, sometimes uttered on the wing. 



683. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 



B. Under parts streaked with rufous-brown; length 5-00: general appear- 

 ance of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second 

 growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, wee, chee- 

 chee-chee, cher-w'ee, or chee-chee-chee-chee, way-o . 652. YELLOW WARBLER. 



C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent ; length 1OOO ; haunts 

 fields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer white tail- 

 feathers showing when on the wing ; song, a loud, musical whistle. 



501. MEADOWLARK. 



II. Throat white. 



A. With yellow on the sides. 



a. Length 5*50 ; 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 .... 655. MYRTLE WARBLER. 



b. Length 5*00 ; no streaks on under parts or white in the tail ; yellow 

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

 thickets ; call, an emphatic " Who are you, eh ? " 



631. WHITE-EYED VIREO. 



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

 ously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much in the 

 air, tail frequently spread 687. KEDSTART. 



J?. -No yellow on sides. 



a. Length 6*75 ; 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. 



558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



b. Length 4-00; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered 

 by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; note, 

 a fine ti-ti ; Oct. to Apl 748. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. 



III. Throat vinaceous ; length 12-00; a black breast-patch; belly white, 

 spotted with black ; rump white, showing conspicuously in flight ; linings 

 of wings yellow; a Woodpecker, but frequently flushed from the ground; 

 call-note, a loud k'ce-yer 412. FLICKER. 



IV. Throat and head black ; length 7'50 ; breast, belly, and lower back deep 

 orange ; an active inhabitant of fruit and shade trees ; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle 507. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 



V. Throat and upper breast ashy ; length 9'00; crested; belly yellow, tail- 

 feathers largely pale rufous ; a nervous, active inhabitant of the upper 

 branches in woodland ; note, a loud questioning, or grating whistle. 



452. CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 



Second Group. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on the under parts. 

 A. Throat red. 



a. Length 7'00; wings and tail black; rest of plumage bright scarlet; 

 call-note, chip-chirr 608. SCARLET TANAOER. 



