FIELD KEY. 2 ; 



B. Length under 8.00 inches; upper parts not slate 

 color; tail not tipped with white. 



a. Length 7.00 inches; frequently found nesting un- 

 der bridges or about buildings; crown blackish; 

 tail wagged nervously; note, pee, pee, and pe-wit- 

 phcebe PHOEBE, page 114. 



b. Length 6.50 inches; haunts wooded growths; note. 

 a plaintive pee-a-wee. . . . WOOD PEWEE, page 115. 



c. Length 5.40 inches; haunts orchards, lawns, and 

 open woodland; note, chebec, chebec. 



LEAST FLYCATCHER, page 169. 



2. Birds that feed on the wing for hours without perch- 

 ing. 



A. Plumage entirely black. 



a. Length 5.50 inches; plumage sooty black; usually 

 nests in chimneys. . . . CHIMNEY SWIFT, page 117. 



b. Length 8.00 inches; glossy, bluish black; nests in 

 gourds or houses erected for its use. 



PURPLE MARTIN, page 78. 



B. Plumage not entirely black. . SWALLOWS, page 78. 



SECOND GROUP. 



CLIMBING AND CREEPING BIRDS. 



(Nuthatches, Creepers, Woodpeckers.} 



I. Birds without stiffly pointed tail-feathers, that 

 climb either up or down. 



1. Length 6.00 inches; back gray, cap black, cheeks and 

 under parts white; note, a nasal yank, yank; a perma- 

 nent resident. . WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH, page 48. 



2. Length 4.50 inches; back gray, cap black, a blackish 

 streak through the face; under parts reddish brown; 

 note, high and thin, like the tone of a penny trumpet. 



RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH, page 160. 



