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V. PECULIARITIES OF FLIGHT. 



Conspicuously tail-steering : Keel-tailed blackbird. 



Undulated flight: Goldfinch, woodpeckers, snowbird, blue- 

 bird. 



Circling flight : Swallows and night-hawks. 



Labored flight : Bobolink, meadow-lark, sparrows. 



Fluttering flight : Chimney swift. 



Particularly direct flight : Robin, crow, keel-tailed black- 

 bird, kingfisher, oriole, blue jay. 



VI. BIRDS WITH HABIT OF SONG-FLIGHT. 



Cowbird, bobolink, oven-bird, bluebird, kingbird, swift, 

 woodpecker, red-shouldered blackbird, indigo -bird, song 

 sparrow, Maryland yellow-throat, meadow-lark, kingfisher, 

 cuckoo, goldfinch, night-hawk, purple finch. 



VII. MARKED HABITS. 



1. Phlegmatic, meditative, fond of sitting quietly. Wax- 

 wing, robin, thrushes, white-throated sparrow, meadow-lark, 

 wood pewee, woodpeckers, swallows, kingfisher. 



2. Restless, constantly flitting about. Winter wren, king- 

 lets, chickadee, warblers. 



3. Loquacious. Catbird, purple finch, crow blackbird, 

 blue jay, red-eyed vireo, warbling vireo, oven-bird, swift, 

 chippy, bobolink. 



VIII. BIRDS THAT WALK INSTEAD OF HOPPING. 



Keel-tailed blackbird, red-winged blackbird, crow, par- 

 tridge, cowbird, oven-bird, meadow-lark. 



