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upper brai . of rowH of elms nii'l otlier slincic trees; sotip, a 

 rich, uuhrc . warble with an ulto uiidiTtoiie. 



ti'J7. Warbling Vikeo. 



b*. No wliitc^ lino over the eye; cyt'-riiii; and win^j-barH white; 



leiitrth 4'()0; u tiny, iiH!«u,s]iic'i()U(« iiirtl; Hits about the outer 



branches of trees and shrulis; wiiiirs twitehed nurvousiy ; note, 



cack', Koni,', a reiMarkal)iy loud, nui.sii'al whistle. 



74'J. liriiY-c'UowNEi) Kinglet. 



b. Bark f,'ray or bluish gray. 



6*. (Jrown black ; cheeks white ; a tree creeper; note, yanl; yank, 



I'll. WlllTE-injEASTEI) NlTIIATOII. 



6*. A frray, crested bird; forehead black; no white in the tail ; note, 

 a whistled /;<<'<, /j<<», or hoarse (/<-(/t-(/t'-(/t; . . 7!!!. Tikteo Trr. 



c. 15aek ciniuinmn-hrown ; Icngtii 4'7"> ; a nervous, restless, excitable 

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

 with abdhdoii 721. Uoise When. 



Ji. Under parts white or whitish ; length over 7'oO. 



«. Upper parts grayish slate-eoli>r; 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 jierch iu pursuit of a passing Crow; note, an uniuusieal, 



steely chatter 444. Kinouiko. 



h. Length 1200; slim, brownish birds with long tails; Hight short and 

 noiseless; j)ereh in a tree, not in an exposed position; note, tut- 

 tut^ cluck-cl ui'l\ and cow-cow. 



3.S7. YKLi.ow-iiiLi.Ko CioKoo. 388. Black-billed Cuckoo, 

 C. Under parts not white. 

 «. Slate-color; cap and tail black ; iidiabits the lower growth ; call-note, 

 nasal ; song highly musical and varied 704. Catiiii!!). 



b. Grayish brown; consjiicuously crested; a black lino through the 

 eye; tail tii'ped with yellow; generally seen in small tiocks; note 

 thin and weak (51(t. Cedau Wax wing. 



c. Under parts eream-butf; a conspicuous whitish line over the eye; 

 upj)er parts rufous-brown; movements active; tail carried erect; 

 haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking. 



718. Carolina Wren. 

 . Back streaked. 

 A. Crown rutbus or cliestnut without streaks. 

 0. Tjcngth rv2.') ; bill black ; a whitish line over the eye ; a familiar bird 

 of lawns and door-yards; song, n monotonous chippy-ehippy-chippij. 



500. Cnipi'iNo Si'akkow 



b. Lengtii C'riO; bill rc<hli»h hro?i'n, l)ack rufous, or rufous-brown; 

 wing-bars and eye-ring whitish ; liaunts dry, bushy fields and pas- 

 tures ; song, a musical, plaintive cher-wee, chcr-wee, cker-wee, ckeeo, 

 dce-dce-dee-dee StiJi. Field Sparrow. 



c. Length SSO ; foreliead black; crown and wings chestnut-rufous; 

 flanks pale grayisii brown ; liaunts marshes ; song, a rapidly repeated 

 wett-weit-iveet, etc 584. Swamp Sparrow. 



