82 FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS, 
b. Crown not rufous or chestnut. 
&, Length 6°75 inches; crown blackish, with a central whitish stripe; 
throat white; breast gray; a yellow spot before the eye; haunts 
in and about thickets and bushy woodlands; song, a high, clear, 
musical whistle; call-note, chink. 
Wuits-TuRoatep Sparrow, page 143, 
6. Length 5-20 inches; bill slender; a white line over the eye; 
tail carried erect; haunts reedy marshes; call-note scolding; 
song rippling; May to Oct. 
Lone-siILLep Marsh WREN, page 177. 
2. Under parts white or whitish, streaked or spotted. 
A. Back streaked. 
a. Length 6:10 inches ; outer tail-feathers white, showing conspicuously 
when the bird flies; haunts dry fields and roadsides; song musical ; 
Apl.to Nov. . . + + « « VESPER Sramnow, page 141. 
6. Outer tail-feathers nat white 
41, Length 6:30 inches; breast with numerous spots tending to form 
one large spot in its center: haunts on or near the ground, generally 
in the vicinity of bushes; call-note, chimp; song musical; a per- 
manent resident ...... - . « Sone Sparrow, page 138. 
&%, Length 6°35 inches; breast grayish with one spot in its center; 
Oct.toApl. . ... .. . . . . TREE Sparrow, page 146. 
B. Back not streaked ; breast spotted. 
a. Length 11°40 inches; tail 5-00 inches; wing-bars white; upper parts, 
wings, and tail bright cinnamon-brown; haunts undergrowth; sings 
from an exposed and generally elevated position ; song loud, striking, 
and continuous; Apl. 25 to Oct. . . Brown Tnrasuer, page 175. 
6. Length under 9-00 inches; tail under 3:00 inches; no wing-bars; 
back reddish or cinnamor-brown. 
1. Length 8-25 inches; breast and sides heavily marked with large, 
round, black spots; head and upper back brighter than lower back 
and tail; call-note, a sharp pit or liquid guirt; May to Oct. 
Woop Turuss, page 184, 
2, Length 7:15 inches; breast with wedge-shaped black spots; sides 
unspotted, washed with brownish ashy; tail reddish brown, brighter 
than back; ese a low chuck; Apl. 10 to May 10; Oct. and 
Moe. 6% . + « « » Heruir Turvsn, page 185. — 
&. Length 7°50 inches: upper breast lightly spotted with small, wedge- 
shaped, brownish spots ; tail the same color as the back ; sides white; 
call-note, a clearly whistled wheeu; May to Sept. 
Witson’s Turusu, page 183. 
¢. Length under 9:00 inches; tail ander 3-00 inches ; no wing-bars ; back 
olive-green. ; 
ct, Length 6°10 inches; center of crown pale brownish bordered by 
black; haunts on or near the ground in woodland; a walker; 
song, a ringing crescendo, teacher, teacher, TrEacnER, TEACIIER, 
TEACHER; May to Sept. . . . « « « OVEN-BIRD, page 170, 
