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b. Length 6-00 ; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; frequently 

 seen feeding on buds or blossoms ; call-note, a sharp cMnk, often ut- 

 tered during flight ; .song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



517. PURPLE FINCH. 



c. Length 6-00 ; dull red or green tinged with red ; mandibles crossed ; 

 generally seen in flocks feeding on pine cones . 521. AM. CROSSBILL. 



d. Length 5'00 ; a red crown-cap ; back streaked black and brown ; breast 

 rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins ; Nov. to Mch. . . . 528. REDPOLL. 



B. Throat black. 



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

 loud and musical ; call -note, peek . . 595. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



b. Length 8-00; a conspicuous crest; region about the base of the bill 

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



593. CARDINAL. 



c. Length 5*50 ; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing con- 

 spicuously in flight ; movements active ; much in the air ; tail fre- 

 quently spread ; haunts woodland 687. REDSTART. 



II. No red on the under parts. 



A.. Length 9'00 ; black ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; migrates in flocks. 



498. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. 



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

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



528. REDPOLL (Tin.). 



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

 patch ; eye-ring white ; movements restless, wings flitted nervously ; call- 

 note, cack ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and Oct. ; Apl. and 

 May 749. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 



Third Group. With blue in the plumage. 



I. Length 11-50; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; under parts 



whitish ; a black patch on the breast 477. BLUE JAY. 



II. Length 7'00 ; upper parts bright blue ; under parts cinnamon-rufous. 



766. BLUEBIRD. 



III. Length 5-50 ; entire plumage indigo-blue . . . 598. INDIGO BUNTING. 



Fourth Group. Plumage conspicuously black, or black 

 and white. 



I. Black and white birds. 

 A. Throat black. 

 a. Length over 6-00. 



a 1 . Entire under parts black; nape buffy; rump white; a musical 

 dweller of fields and meadows ; frequently sings on the wing. 



494. BOBOLINK. 



a 9 . Breast rose-red ; rest of the plumage black and white : song rapid, 

 loud, and musical; call-note, peek; a tree dweller in rather open 



woodland 595. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 



a 3 . Sides rufous ; rest of the plumage black and white ; call-note, 

 chewink or towhee ; inhabits the undergrowth . . . 587. TOWIIEE. 



