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d. Length 7-J5; upper part* olive-green; no wing-ban; white line 

 before the eye; haunt* thiekets atul un.l. r^p-wth ; wim, a striking 

 vtura of whittle*, ehuftt, and ar, Bometimcs uttered on the wing. 



688. YELLOW- BREAHTID CHAT. 



B. Under part* streaked with rufous l>pwn ; length 5-00; general appear- 

 ance of a yellow bird ; haunt* ahruhlwry of lawn*, on-hard*, necond 

 growth*, and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, u>M, cAtt- 

 ek#-fkH, ctor-v#t, or rAM-fJU-U-db*, ir<iy-o . 652. YELLOW WABBLE*. 



C. Breaat yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent ; length 10-00 ; haunu 

 fields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight quail-like, outer white tail- 

 feathers showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musical whistle. 



601. MEADOWLARE. 



II. Throat white. 



A. With yellow ->n the side*. 



a. Length 5-50; rump yellow; breast streaked or spotted with black; 

 tail-featliera marked with white; note, a characteristic tchip ; Sept. to 

 May, usually rare or local in winter . . . . 655. MYRTI.K WARBLER, 



b. Length 5*00; no streaks on under parts or white in the tail; yellow 

 extending along the whole side*; back olive-green, iris white; haunts 

 thicket* ; call, an emphatic " Who arc you, eh i " 



631. WHITE-EYED VIBEO. 



c. Length 5-25 ; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing conspicu- 

 ously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much in the 

 air, tail frequently spread B87. REDSTART. 



B. No yellow on sides. 



a. Length 6-75 ; 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 woodland* ; song, a high, clear, inimical whistle ; call-note, chink. 



558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. 



b. Length 4-00; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered 

 by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bu.-he>; nt , 

 a fine ti '-tt '; < >-t. t<- A pi 748. UOLDEK-CROWNED KINGLET. 



III. Throat vinueeous; length 1-J-oO; a Muck breast- patch ; belly white, 

 njxtti-.l with I'lm-k ; rump white, (mowing conspicuously in flight; linings 



'f wini^ yellow ; call-note, a lul t-t-yfr 412. FLICKER. 



IV. Thrat atul head l>lm-k ; li-nirth 7 .'"; breast, belly, and lower 1-ack <\>-<-\> 



r.iiii.''- : an active inhaliitant <>f fruit and shade trees; MOULT, u lou<l, rinirin^ 

 whistle 507. BAI.TIMOKR OKIOI.K. 



V. Throat and upp-r brrvt ashy; length 9-00; cnttt^l ; U-lly \ellow, tnil 

 feather* lurvely |>ule rufous; haunts upper liraiirlie* in w<Mllanil: note, a 

 l-ni.l i)Uetioiiinir. or cnitiiii: whittle .... .".'. 'KK-TKI> FI.V. AT. III.K. 



VI i.r.i\;-h tipiwn; length 7<K); crested; tip of tail yellow. 



619. WAXWIXO. 



Second Group. With red in the plumage. 



1 With n-d "n the under parts. 

 A. Thnw! 



a. Length 7-00; wings and tail black; rest of plumage bright scarlet; 

 call-note, chip-chirr 60S. SCARLET TANAOER. 



