78 FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 
d, Length 7°45 inches ; upper parts olive-green ; no wing-bars; a white 
line before the eye; haunts thickets and undergrowth ; song, a strik- 
ing mixture of whistles, chucks, and caws, sometimes uttered on the 
wing; May toSept.. . . . . YELLOW-BREAsTED Cuat, page 172, 
B. Under parts streaked with reddish brown; length 5:00 inches; gen- 
eral appearance of a yellow bird ; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, 
second growths, and particularly willows near water ; song, rather loud, 
wee, chee-chee-ché, chér-wée, or chée-chee-chée-chée, way-o ; May to Sept. 
YELLow WARBLER, page 168, 
C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 10°75 inches; 
haunts fields and meadows, largely terrestrial; flight quail-like, outer 
tail-feathers white, showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musical 
whistle ; a permanent resident. . . . . . MEADOWLARK, page 136. 
2. Throat white. 
A. With yellow on the sides. 
a. Length 5°50 inches; 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. 
Myrrite WarBLeEr, page 168, _ 
b. Length 5:00 inches; no black on under parts or white in the tail; yel- © 
low extending along the whole sides; back olive-green, iris white; 
haunts thickets ; call, an emphatic‘ Who are you, eh?”; May to Oct. 
WuitsE-EYED ViREo, page 165. 
c. Length 5:25 inches; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing 
conspicuously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much 
in the air, tail frequently spread; May to Oct. Repsrarr, page 169, 
B. No yellow on sides. 
a. Length 6°75 inches; 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 . . . . . Whire-THroaTeD Sparrow. page 143, 
. Length 4-00 inches ; a yellow. or yellow and orange crown-patch, bor- 
dered by black; flits réstlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes 3 
note, a fine ¢i-¢i; Oct.to Apl. GoL_pEN-crowNnED Kinavet, page. 181. 
8. Throat neither yellow nor white. 
A, Length 12:00 inches ; white rump and yellow in wings showing con- 
spicuously in flight; a black breast-band ; note, a loud he-yer. 
Fiicker, page 116, 
B. Length 9:00 inches; crested; breast ashy, belly yellow ; tail-feathers 
largely pale brownish red ; haunts upper branches in woodland ; note, 
a loud questioning or grating whistle; May to Sept. 
Crestep FLycatoueEr, page 128, 
G. Length 7°50 inches; throat and head black ; breast, belly, and lower 
back deep orange; haunts fruit and shade trees; song, a loud, ringing 
whistle; May to Sept. . . as Baurnone OrIoLE, page 181, 
D, Length 7-20 inches ; crested ; grayieh brown; a black line through 
the eye; tail tipped with yellow ; generally seen in small flocks; note 
thinand weak . . . . « » Cepar Waxwina, page 161, 
