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D. Intermediate between Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) and Crow (18 in.) 



Black crescent on breast; back and wings barred; below whitish with black spots; 



rump vNhite— RED-SHAFIED FLICKhR 

 Breast band; crested; below white; aboxe slaty blue— BELTED KINGFISHER 

 Similar to preceding but an additional chestnut band across belly — FEMALE 

 BELTED KLNGl-iSHER 



(9) BIRDS WITH EYE-RING 



A. Smaller than Junco (6 in.) 



Nervous twitching ol wings; generally gray, above tinged with green; inconspicu- 

 ous scarlet patch on top ol head; wing-bars— RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET 



Abo\c gray; line ironi bill to eye-ring; wing-bars; below white — SOLITARY VTREO 



'lop and sides of head slaty; faint, chestnut head-cap; above olive-green — NASH- 

 VILLE WARBLER 



Eyelids white; foreparts slaty; belly yellow — TOLMIE'S WARBLER 



B. About size of Junco (6 in.) 



Above brown; wing-bars; breast yellowish— EMPIDONAX FLYCATCHER 

 (pages 110, 111) 



C. Larger than Junco (() in.) 



Eve-ring bully; bieast speckled; above uniformly gray-brown; below whitish ex- 

 cept bufly on breast— SWAINSON'S THRUSH 



Above grayish-brown; below pale orange — FEMALE ROBIN 



Breast spotted with black; back brown, speckled with whitish — IMMATURE 

 ROBIN 



Narrow buffy bar running length of extended wing; generally gray; white on edge 

 of outer tail feathers— TOWNSENDS SOLITAIRE 



(10) BIRDS WITH FORKED TAIL 



A. Smaller than Junco (6 in.) 



Black line through eye; crown reddish-brown— CHIPPING SPARROW 

 Streaked above and below; yellow in wings and outspread tail — PINE SISKIN 



B. About size of Junco [6 in.) 



Above brown: eve-ring; under parts yellowish— EMPIDONAX FLYCATCHER 



(uego:, nil. Hi) 



Body generally reddish; wings and tail dusky; tips of bill crossed — RED CROSS- 

 BILL 



Wings slender and pointed: above dark except white patches on rump; below white 

 —VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW 



Above greenish-blue; below white — TREE SWALLOW 



Above brown: chin, throat, and breast grayish-brown — ROUGH-WINGED 

 SWALLOW 



C. Intermediate between Junco (6 in.) and Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) 



Above brownish-gray; white rump-tufts— OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER 

 Under parts dull yellow; generally grayish above; wing-bars — IMMATURE 



WESTERN TANAGER 

 Generallv brownish-black; throat and stripe along belly white; forages in air — 



WHITE-THROATED SWIFT 

 Entirely blue, lighter beneath— MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD 

 Generallv brownish; rumo. tiiil. and wings bluish; below tending toward white — 



FEMALE MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD 



D. About size of Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) 



Abo' e mottled: white band midway between tip and bend in long, slender wings — • 

 BOOMING NIGHTHAWK 



(11) BIRDS WITH CREST OR PLUME 



A. About size ol Junco (6 in.) 



Indefinite crest; sits erect with tail on line with back; above grayish-brown; no 

 eye-ring— WOOD PEWEE 



Above brownlsh-grav: eve-ring; whitish wing-bars; tail droops at rest — EMPI- 

 DONAX FLYCATCHER (pages 110, 111) 



Crested: entirely gray— PLAIN TITMOUSE 



B. Intermediate between Junco (6 in.) and Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) 



Inconspicuous crest; head black; belly white; often jerks tail — BLACK PHOEBE 

 Generally gray: lighter below; often sits high on coniferous stubs — OLIVE-SIDED 



FLYCATCHER 

 Suggestion of crest; under parts white; under side of tail rufous — ASH-THROATED 



FLYCATCHER 



C. About size of Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) 



Plume tipped forward— CALIFORNIA QUAIL 



Long, slender, erect plume; chestnut on face and sides; mountains — MOUNTAIN 

 QUAIL 



(12) WOODPECKERS AND OTHER CLIMBERS 



A. Smaller than Junco (6 in.) 



Long, curved bill; creeps upward on tree trunks— BROWN CREEPER 



White line over eye; top of head black; breast rusty— RED-BREASTED NUT- 

 HATCH 



Crown and nape black; sides of head white; creeps both up" and down — WHITE- 

 BREASTED NUTHATCH 



Above bluish-gray; black line through eye; tail very short- PYGMY NUTHATCH 



B. About size of Junco (6 inj 



Broad white strioe down back: crown red: inconspicuous black bars on white outer 

 tail feathers— DOWNY WOODPECKER 



C. Intermediate between lunco (6 in.) and Brewer's Blackbird (10 in.) 



Head, neck, and breast crimson: white stripe along bend of wing — YELLOW- 

 BELLIED SAPSUCKER 



Back barred black and white; crown and nape red, wanting in female — NUTTALL'S 

 WOODPECKER 



