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Wings dusky ; general tint ashy ; bill black ; 

 familiar bird of gardens, lawns, roadsides, etc., 



Chipping Sparrow. 

 Wings dusky ; general tint brownish ; bill flesh 

 color ; bird of fields and roadsides, 



Field Sparrow. 

 aa. Back more or less olivaceous or brownish, not 

 streaked at all. 

 b. Head with a small but evident crest ; erect, impul- 

 sive, somewhat erratic, little flycatchers. 



Length over 5^ inch.es ; eggs spotted ; not very 

 common nor usually seen near houses, 



Traill's Flycatcher. 

 Length under 5| inches ; eggs unspotted ; com- 

 mon in orchards and gardens, 



Least Flycatcher. 

 bb. No crest evident ; active insect hunters, but not 

 noticeably impulsive or erratic, 

 c. Size small, under 4|- inches ; winter visitors or 

 migrants. 



Crown black, bordered with white, with yellow 

 or flame-colored patch at center, 



GoLDEN-CROWNED KiNGLET. 



Crown never black ; sometimes with ruby-red 

 patch at center, Ruby-ceowned Kinglet. 



cc. Size larger over 5 inches. Summer residents or 

 visitors. 



Head buff with four longitudinal black stripes, 

 one on each side through eye and two on 

 crown, Worm-eating Warbler. 



Crown ash, edged with black ; white stripe 

 over eye, Red-eyed Vireo. 



Crown bluish-ash ; no black ; broad white 

 stripe, nostril to eye. Solitary Vireo. 



