FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS, 77 
2 Length 450 inches; back gray, cap black, a blackish streak through 
the face ; under parts reddish brown; note, high and thin, like the tone 
of a penny trumpet; Sept. to Apl. Rev-sreasrev Nutuaton, page 181. 
8. Length 525 inches; upper parts streaked black and white; note, a thin 
wiry see-see-see-see; Apl. 25 to Uct. 
Biack anp wire Warster, page 167. 
IL. Birds with stiffly pointed tail-feathers, that always climb upward. 
1, Length 565 inches; plumage dull brown and black; size small, bill 
slender; an inconspicuous bird who winds his way up the trunks search- 
ing for insects’ eggs, ete. ; note, fine and squeaky ; Sept. 25 to Apl. 
Brown Crezrer, page 178, 
2. Plumage with more or less white, size larger, bill stouter, chisel-like, 
often used in . 
A, Length 975 inches; head red, back black ; flight showing a large 
white patch in the wing. . . Rep-neapep Wooprgoxre, page 116. 
B. Length 1200 inches; crown gray; a red band on the nape; flight 
showing a white patch on the lower back and yellow in the wings; 
often flushed from the ground; note, kve-yer . . Fricker, page 116. 
C. Length 6-75 inches ; crown black; back and wings black and white ; 
note,asharppeek . .. . . . . Downy Wooprrcxer, page 115. 
THIRD GROUP. 
BIRDS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PRECEDING GROUPS. 
(Blackbirds, Orioles, Sparrows, Vireos, Warblers, Thrushes, etc.) 
Sectioy I. With yellow or orarge in the plumage. 
Section Il. With red in the plumage. 
Section III. With blue in the plumage. 
Section IV. Plumage conspicuously black, or black and white. 
Sectioy V. Birds not included in the preceding sections. 
I, With yellow or orange in the plumage. 
1. Throut yellow. 
A. Throat and breast pure yellow, without streaks or spots. 
a. Length 510 inches; cap, wings, and tail black ; back yellow; song 
canarylike, sometimes uttered on the wing; flight undulating, fre- 
quently accompanied by the notes chic-o-ree, per-chic-o-ree; a per- 
ReeeesemGeme «5 wt 8 te Am. Gotprixcn, page 148 
5. Length 595 inches; lower belly and wing-bars white; back olive- 
green ; frequents the upper branches, generally in woodlend ; actions 
deliberate; song loud and mucical, uttered slowly, often with pauses : 
“See me? I'm here; where are you!”; May to Sept. 
YeLtow-runoatep Virgo, page 165. 
¢ Length 5°25 inches; cheeks and forehead black, bordered by ashy ; 
apper parts olive-vreen ; no wing-bars; haunts thicketa and under- 
growth; movements nervous and active; call-note pit or chack ; 
song, a vigorous, rapid witch-e-we-o, witch-e-wre-o0; May to Oct. 
Marrtayp YsLLow-tunoart, page 171 
