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AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



Identification Chart No. 22- 



No. 604. Black Throated Bunting or Dick 



cissel, (Spi^a americana). 



The United States east of the Rocky Mountains 

 and chiefly west of the Alleghanies. Rare in the 

 southern parts of New England and New York. 

 Length about 6.5 in. Male: — Above grayish brown 

 with the middle of the back streaked with black. 

 Throat and line extending on each side to the bill, 

 black; middle of breast yellow; rest of under parts 

 white; cheeks gray, separated from the crown by a 

 white stripe; shoulders chestnut. Female similar, 

 but paler and the throat patch lacking or spotted. 



No. 618. Bohemian Waxwing, {Ampelis 



garrulus) . 



Whole of Canada and south in winter regularly to 

 the northern tier of States; south to Colorado in the 

 West and rarely to New York and Massachusetts in 

 the East. Adults: — Length 7.5 in. General color a 

 brownish ash shading into brighter brown on the 

 crest and sides of head; a frontal line which extends 

 through the eye, and the chin and throat velvety 

 black, the sides of the latter bordered with white; 

 under tail coverts chestnut; tail ash and shading to 

 black towards the end which is broadly tipped with 

 yellow; primaries tipped with yellow; secondaries and 

 primary coverts tipped with white; Secondaries 

 shafts tipped with horny, red, waxlike appendages. 



No. 619. Cedar Waxwing, {Ampelis cedror- 



um). 



Length 6.75 in. General color shading from a 

 purplish chestnut on the fore part of body to clear ash 

 on the rump, and through yellowish on the belly to 

 white on the under tail coverts; black frontlet bor- 

 dered with white on the forehead and chin edged 

 with white on the sides. Wings plain but with the 

 waxlike appendages as in the preceding species. 

 Tail tipped with yellow. 



No. 628 Yellow-throated Vireo, (Vireo flav- 



ifrons). 



United States east of the Plains. Length about 

 9 in. Above bright olive green; below olive yellow- 

 ish, shading into white on the belly. Ring about the 

 eye and superciliary line, yellow; wings dusky, and 

 crossed by two white bars. 



No. 683. Yellow-breasted Chat, {Icteria vir- 



ens'). 



United States east of the Plains. Length 7 in. 

 Upper parts olive green; below bright yellow, chang- 

 ing abruptly to white on the belly superciliary stripe, 

 spot on lower eyelid, and maxillary line white; lores' 

 black. 633a. Long tailed Chat (1. V. longicauda) 

 Western variety. Back more grayish and tail long- 

 er. 



