Cuecx List 
NUMBER 
390 
477 
612-614 
766 
727-728 
655 
514-605 
715-725 
316 
795 
387-388 
555, 556 
726 
494-511 6 
488 
494 
605 
704 
611 
474 
444-468 
624-633 
748-749 
704 
567 
444 
735 
621-622 
BIRDS OF THE NORTHERN STATES 281 
7. Birds with Blue as Prominent Color 
Kingfisher — back, sides, and breast band a grayish blue. 
Blue Jay — blue above, black collar. 
The Swallows — several of them have steel-blue backs. 
Bluebird — blue above, rusty brownish breast. 
The Nuthatches — ashy blue above, black and white head. 
Myrtle Warbler — back is blue, black, and yellow. 
8. Birds that are Brown, or Streaked Brown 
The Sparrows — brown and gray, streaked and mottled. 
The Wrens — small brown birds; faint cross bars. 
Mourning Dove — soft brown above, paler below. 
Brown Thrasher — bright reddish brown above, spotted below. 
The Cuckoos — brown above, gray below. 
Wood Thrush and Veery are bright brown above. 
Brown Creeper — streaked brown and white. 
9. Birds Colored Black or Chiefly Black 
The Blackbirds and Grackles. 
Crow — very large; black all over. 
Bobolink — black bird with white on back and wings. 
Lark Bunting — black bird with white patch on the wing. 
Catbird — grayish black; slender bird. 
Purple Martin — blue-black ; notched tail. 
Magpie — very large; black and white. 
10. Birds Chiefly Dull-green or Gray 
The Flycatchers. 
The Vireos — greenish backs; dull white under parts. 
The Kinglets — olive-green backs; tiny birds. 
11. Birds Chiefly Grayish Black or Gray 
Catbird — grayish black, head and tail darker. 
Junco — grayish black, except white belly. 
Kingbird — blackish above ; white under parts and tip of tail. 
Chickadee —gray back ; black cap and throat ; white cheeks. 
The Shrikes — gray.above; white below; black on sides of 
head. 
