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upper branches of rows of elms and other shade trees ; song, a 

 rich, unbroken warble with an alto undertone. 



627. WARBLING VIREO. 



b*. No white line over the eye; eye-ring and wing-bars white; 

 length 4-00 ; a tiny, unsuspicious bird ; flits about the outer 

 branches of trees and shrubs ; wings twitched nervously ; note, 

 cack ; song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle. 



749. KUBY-CROWKED KlNGLET. 



b. Back gray or bluish gray. 



b l . Crown black ; cheeks white ; a tree creeper; note, yank, yanlc. 



727. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



b 3 . A gray, crested bird ; forehead black ; no white in the tail ; note, 

 a whistled peto, peto, or hoarse de-de-de-de . . 731. TUFTED TIT. 



c. Back cinnamon- brown ; length 4*75 ; a nervous, restless, excitable 

 bird ; tail carried erect ; song sweet, rapid and rippling, delivered 

 with abandon 721. HOUSE WREN. 



. Under parts white or whitish ; length over 7'50. 



a. Upper parts grayish slate-color; a white band at the end of the 

 tail; a concealed orange-red crest; a" bird of the air, catching its 

 insect food on the wing, and occasionally sallying forth from its 

 exposed perch in pursuit of a passing Crow; note, an unmusical, 

 steely chatter 444. KINGBIRD. 



b. Length 12*00; slim, brownish birds with long tails; flight short and 

 noiseless ; perch in a tree, not in an. exposed position ; note, tut- 

 tut, cluck-cluck, and cow-cow. 



387. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 388. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 

 C. Under parts not white. 



a. Slate-color ; cap and tail black ; inhabits the lower growth ; call-note, 

 nasal ; song highly musical and varied 704. CATBIRD. 



b. Grayish brown ; conspicuously crested ; a black line through the 

 eye ; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small flocks ; note 

 thin and weak 619. CEDAR WAXWING. 



c. Under parts cream-buff; a conspicuous whitish line over the eye; 

 upper parts rufous-brown ; movements active ; tail carried erect ; 

 haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking. 



718. CAROLINA WREN. 

 2. Back streaked. 

 A. Crown rufous or chestnut without streaks. 



a. Length 5-25; bill black ; a whitish line over the eye; a familiar bird 

 of lawns and door-yards ; song, a monotonous chippy -chippy -chippy. 



560. CHIPPING SPARROW 



b. Length 5'50 ; bill reddish brown, back rufous, or rufous-brown ; 

 wing-bars and eye-ring whitish ; haunts dry, bushy fields and pas- 

 tures ; song, a musical, plaintive cher-wee, cher-wee, cher-wee, cheeo, 

 dee-dee-dee-dee 563. FIELD SPARROW. 



c. Length 5-50; forehead black; crown and wings chestnut-rufous; 

 flanks pale grayish brown ; haunts marshes; song, a rapidly repeated 

 weet-weet-weet, etc 584. SWAMP SPARROW. 



