APPENDIX. 



405 



;ndix to the 

 her because 

 attract our 

 sequently as 

 referred to 

 [awks, Owls, 

 I aid to the 

 to the more 

 s to Finches 

 , it is based 

 xplained on 



lito. 



■he plumage; 



Hongf cannry- 

 f, frequently 



Goldfinch. 



Dlive-grecn ; 

 ctiona delib- 

 bauses; "See 

 Iated Vibko. 



shy ; upper 



idcrgrowth ; 



jng, a vigor- 



LoW-THROAT. 



d. Length 7'25; upper parts olive-greon; no wing-hars; a white lino 

 bel'oru the oye ; haunts tlilckct.s and undiTgmwtli ; Hong, a Htriking 

 mixture of wh italics, chucks, and cawit, sometimes uttered on the wing. 



OSo. Ykllow-kkkastki) Chat. 

 li. Under parts streaked with rutous-l>rown; length WW; general appear- 

 anee of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery uf lawns, orehanls, seeond 

 growths, and partieularly willows near water; song, rather loud, tret', c/iee- 

 chii'-ciiiv, c/iir-u'ir, or clui-chii-c/iii-fhri^ iray-o . (J.'rJ. Vkm.hw Wauui.kk. 

 C. lireast yellow, with a eonsjiieuous hhiek ereseent ; lengtli luoo; luiunts 

 fields and meadows, largely terrestrial ; flight ciuail-like, outer white tail- 

 feathers showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musieal whistle. 



501, Meadowi.auk, 



II. Throat white. 



A. With jiellow on the sides. 



a. Length ."i-'jO; rump yellow; breast streaked or spotted with Mack; 

 tail-feathers marked with white; note, a charaeteristie <<'/i*y> ; Sept. to 

 May, usiudiy rare or loeal in winter. . . . C').'). Myuti.k Wakiilkk. 



h. Length 5'On; no streaks on umler parts or white in the tail; yellow 

 extending along the whole sides; baek olive-green, iris white; haunts 

 thickets ; eall, an emi)hatiu " Who are you, eh ? " 



(vjI. White-eyed Vireo. 



c. Lengtli .5-2."); tail and wings banded with yellow, showing eonspieu- 

 ously in tligiit; haunts woodland; movements aetive, mu^'h in the 

 air, tad frecjuently spread OS?. Kedstakt. 



B. No yellow on sides. 



a. Length (5-75; a yellow line from the bill to the eye; crown black, with 

 a white stripe through its center; haunts in and about thickets and 

 bushy woodlands ; song, a high, clear, musical whistle ; call-note, cliiuk. 



558. WniTE-THKOATED Sl'AUIlOW. 



h. Length 4'nO; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bonlcrc<l 

 by black; Hits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; i.ote, 

 afi.xicti-ti; Oct. to A pi 74s. Goloen-crowned Kinolet. 



III. Throat vinaceous ; lcn«.fth I'J-oO; a black breast-patch; belly white, 

 spotted witli Uack ; rump white, showing conspicuously inflight; linings 

 of wings yellow; a Woodpecker, but frequently flushed from the grouml; 

 call-note, a loud /-'V-yrr 412. Flicker. 



IV. Throat and head black ; length 7"5o; breast, belly, and lower baek deep 

 orange; an active inhabitant of fruit and shade trees; song, a loud, ringing 

 whistle 507. Baltimore Oriole. 



V. Throat and upi>cr breast ashy ; length li-OO; crested; belly yellow, tail- 

 feathers largely pale rutbus; a nervous, active inhabitant of the upper 

 branches in woodland; note, a loud (luestioning, or grating whistle. 



4.')2. ("rested Flycatoheb. 



Second Group. -With red in the plumage. 



1. Wi V red on the under p'.irts. 

 A. Throat red. ^- . . , . 

 a. Length 7"00; wings and tail black; rest of plumage bright scarlet; 

 call-note, chiji-chtrr (JOB. Scarlet Tanaoeb. 



