FIELD COLOR KEY 



TO ADULT SPRING MALES MENTIONED IN 

 THIS BOOK. 



I. BRIGHT OR STRIKINGLY-COLORED BIRDS. 



PAGB 



A. BLUE CONSPICUOUS IN PLUMAGE . . . xxix 



B. RED CONSPICUOUS IN PLUMAGE . . . xxxi 



C. YELLOW OR ORANGE CONSPICUOUS IN 



PLUMAGE xxxiii 



D. BLACK OR BLACK AND WHITE CONSPIC- 



UOUS IN PLUMAGE xxxviii 



II. DULL-COLORED BIRDS. 



A. OLIVE-GREEN OR OLIVE-BROWN . . . xlii 



B. GRAY OR BLUISH xliii 



C. BROWN OR BROWNISH xlv 



[For special keys to Hawks and Owls, see pp. 285, 296.] 



I. BRIGHT OR STRIKINGLY-COLORED BIRDS. 



A. BLUE CONSPICUOUS 



IN PLUMAGE. 

 1. LARGE ; HEAD CRESTED. 

 2. Upper parts and 



band across the 



white under parts bluish 



gray ; white ring around head 



and neck. Found by water. 



Call, a loud rattle. Plunges 



into water for fish. 



p. 157. BELTED KINGFISHER. 



