FIELD KEY 29 



SECTION V. Birds not included in the preceding sec- 

 tions. 



I. With yellow or orange in the plumage. 



i. Throat yellow. 



A. Throat and breast pure yellow, without streaks or 

 spots. 



a. Length 5.10 inches; cap, wings, and tail black; back 

 yellow; song canary-like, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing; flight undulating, frequently accompanied by 

 the notes chic-o-ree, per-chic-o-ree ; a permanent resi- 

 dent AM. GOLDFINCH, page 86. 



b. Length 5.95 inches; lower belly and wing-bars 

 white; back olive-green; frequents the upper 

 branches, generally in woodland: actions deliber- 

 ate; song loud and musical, uttered slowly, often 

 with pauses: "See me? I'm here; where are you?" 



YELLOW-THROATED VIREO, page 73. 



c. Length 5.25 inches; cheeks and forehead black, 

 bordered by ashy; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; haunts thickets and undergrowth; move- 

 ments nervous and active; call-note pit or chack; 

 song, a vigorous, rapid witch-e-wee-o, witch-e-wee-o. 



MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT, page 68. 



d. Length 7.45 inches; upper parts olive-green; no 

 wing-bars; a white line before the eye; haunts thick- 

 ets and undergrowth; song, a striking mixture of 

 whistles, chucks, and caws, sometimes uttered on the 

 wing YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT, page 69. 



B. Under parts streaked with reddish-brown; length 

 5.00 inches; general appearance of a yellow bird; 

 haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second growths, 

 and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, 

 wee, chee-chee-chee, cher-wee, or chee-chee-chee-chee, way-o. 



YELLOW WARBLER, page 61. 



