AIM'KMMX I. 407 



*. Length under 6-00. 

 *. Crown black : cheeks white ; back ahy ; uiutreaked ; call, ekicl-*- 



</*, or musical, double-noted whistle 786. CHICKADEE. 



ft*. Conspicuously streaked with black and white; a tree creeper. 



636. BLACK AND WHITE WARBLXR. 

 B. Under parts white or whitinh. 



a. Length 800; upper parts grayish slate-color; tail tipped with white; 

 a bird of the air, catching its insect food on the wing, and occasionally 

 sallying forth from its exposed perch in pursuit of a passing Crow ; 



note, an unmusical, uti-rly chatter 444. KINOBIBD. 



6. Length 5-75 ; crown black ; back bluish gray ; a tree creeper ; call-note, 



yank, yank 727. WHITX-BBXASTKD NUTHATCH. 



; . ngth >'>'<; u|>|HT parts washed with rusty ; generally seen in flocks; 



terrestrial ; Nov. to Mch 534. SKOWFLAXX, 



II. No white in the plumage. 



A. Length 19-00; jet black 48S AM. CROW. 



B. Length 12-00; black with metallic reflection*; iris yellowish; migrates 

 in flocks; nests usually in colonies in coniferous trees; voice cracked and 

 reedy ; tail " keeled " in short flights ; a walker. 



511. PURPLE GRACKLE. 5116. BRONXBD CRACKLE. 



C. Length 9*50 ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; call, kong-qvir-rH. 



498. RKD-WINOED BLACKBIBD 



D. Length 7*50 ; head and neck coffee-brown ; frequently seen on the 

 ground near cattle 495. COWBIRD. 



Fifth Group. Without either yellow, orange, red, or blue 

 in the plumage ; not conspicuously black* or black 

 and white. 



I. 1'rnler parts all one color, without streaks or spots. 

 1. Back without streaks or spots. 

 A. Under parts white or whitish ; length under 7*50. 

 a. Back olive, olive-green, or Maty fuscous. 



o>. No white line over the eye ; flycatcher*, capturing their prey on 

 the wing and returning to their perch, where they sit quietly until 

 making a fresh sally. 



*. Crown blackish ; frequently found nesting under bridges or 

 about buildings ; tail wagged nervously ; note, pttrit-pkab*. 



456. PHOCBE. 

 o. Wing-ban whitish ; haunts orchards, lawns, and open woodland ; 



note, dUtee, cMtc 467. LEAST FLYCATCHER. 



a*. Haunts woodlands; generally frequents the upper branches; 



note, a plaintive jvtf-a-w 461. WOOD FEWER. 



4*. A white line orer the eye, or wing-bars white ; gleaners ; patiently 



exploring the foliage for food or flitting about the outer branches. 



I*. White line over the eye bordered by a narrow black one ; cap 



gray ; iris red ; song, a rambling recitative : " You see it yon 



know it do you hear me f " etc. . . . 624. RED-ETEO VIREO. 



ft*. White line over the eye not bordered by black ; prefers the 



