136 FIELD KEY 



Fifth Group. Without either yellow, orange, red, or blue in the 

 plumage; not conspicuously black, or black and white 



I. Underparts all one color, without streaks or spots. 

 1. Back without streaks or spots. 

 A. Underparts white or whitish. 

 a. Length under 7 '50. 



a 1 . Back olive, olive-green, or slaty fuscous. 



a 2 . No white line over the eye; flycatchers, capturing their prey on 

 the wing and returning to their perch, where they sit quietly 

 until making a fresh sally. 



a 3 . Crown blackish; frequently found nesting under bridges or 

 about buildings; tail wagged nervously; note, pewit-phcebe. 



456. PHCEBE. 



a 4 . Wing-bars whitish ; haunts orchards, lawns, and open wood- 

 land; note, chebec, chebec . . . 467. LEAST FLYCATCHER. 

 a 5 . Haunts woodlands ; generally frequents the upper branches ; 



note, a plaintive pee-a-wee 461. WOOD PEWEE. 



b 2 . A white line over the eye, or wing-bars white ; gleaners ; patiently 

 exploring the foliage for food or flitting about the outer 

 branches. 



& 3 . White line over the eye bordered by a narrow black one; 

 cap gray; iris red; song, a rambling recitative: "You see it 

 you know it do you hear me?" etc. 



624. RED-EYED VIREO. 



fc 4 . White line over the eye not bordered by black; prefers the 

 upper branches of rows of elms and other shade trees ; song 

 a rich, unbroken warble with an alto undertone. 



627. WARBLING VIREO. 



6 5 . No white line over the eye; eye-ring and wing-bars white; 

 length 4*00; a tiny, unsuspicious bird; flits about the outer 

 branches of trees and shrubs; wings twitched nervously; 

 note, each; song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle. 



749. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET. 

 6 1 . Back not olive-green, or slaty fuscous. 

 6 2 . Back gray or bluish gray. 



6 3 . Crown black; cheeks white; a tree creeper; note, yank, yank. 



727. WHITE-BREASTED NUTHATCH. 



6 4 . A gray, crested bird; forehead black; no white in the tail; 



note, a whistled peto, peto, or hoarse de-de-de-de. 



731. TUFTED TIT. 



c 2 . Back cinnamon-brown; length 4'75; a nervous, restless, excit- 

 able bird; tail carried erect; song, sweet, rapid and rippling, 



delivered with abandon 721. HOUSE WREN. 



6. Length over 7 '50. 



6 1 . Upperparts grayish slate-color; a white band at the end of the 



tail ; a concealed orange-red crest ; a bird of the air, catching its 

 insect food on the wing, and occasionally sallying forth from 

 its exposed perch in pursuit of a passing Crow; note, an un- 

 musical, steely chatter 444. KINGBIRD. 



6 2 . Length 12'00; slim, brownish birds with long tails; flight short 



and noiseless ; perch in a tree, not in an exposed position ; note 

 tut-tut, cluck-cluck, and cow-cow. 



387. YELLOW-BILLED CUCKOO. 388. BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO. 

 B. Underparts not white. 



a. Slate-color; cap and tail black; inhabits the lower growth; call-note, 

 nasal; song highly musical and varied; length 8' 50. 



704. CATBIRD. 



6. Grayish brown; conspicuously crested; a black line through the 

 eye; tail tipped with yellow; generally seen in small flocks; note 

 thin and weak; length 7'00 619. CEDAR WAXWING. 



