26 Land Birds of New England 



Tail not very short; feet if stretched out backward would 

 reach about to its tip. House Wren, Either Sex. 



( P . 60.) 



91. Crown with yellow or scarlet patch. Bird very small. 



Go to 92. 



Crown without such a patch. Bird nearly as large as a 

 sparrow. Pine Warbler, Female, (p. 73.) 



92. Crown patch scarlet. Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Male. 



( P . 48.) 



Crown patch flame-colored bordered with yellow. Gol- 

 den-crowned Kinglet, Male. (p. 49.) 



Crown patch yellow. Golden-crowned Kinglet, 

 Female, (p. 49.) 



93. Bird obscurely mottled. Go to 94. 

 Bird not mottled. Go to 96. 



94. Wing with two white bars; rump yellowish. White- 



winged Crossbill, Female, (p. 118.) 

 Wing without white bars. Go to 95. 



95. Beak with mandibles crossing one another like the blades 



of a pair of scissors; rump yellowish green. American 

 Crossbill, Female, (p. 119.) 



Beak of the ordinary pattern; rump not of contrasting 

 color. Cowbird, Female, (p. 128.) 



96. Bird of a blackish slate color. Go to 97. 

 Bird largely brown. Go to 98. 



97. No white on the body; beak black. Catbird, Either 



Sex. (p. 63.) 



Belly and outer tail feathers white; beak light. Slate- 

 colored Junco, Either Sex. (p. 105.) 



