KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



6. Bed, conspicuously crested. Black throat and band around beak. 



Beak light red ; feet brown. 



Cardinal. See page 161. 



7. Black head, throat, and upper half of back. Wings black, larger 



coverts tipped and inner feathers edged with white. Middle 

 tail quills black, everywhere else orange-flame. Feet and bill 

 slatish black. 



Baltimore Oriole. See page 173. 



8. Throat and breast orange-flame colour, lower parts tinged with 



■yellow. Black head striped with flame ; black wings and tail 

 with white markings, black streaks on breast. Bill and feet 

 dark. 



Blackburnian Warbler. See page 103. 



9. Breast rose-carmine, which colour extends under the wings. 



Above black; belly, rump, three outer tail quills, and two 

 spots on wings white. Heavy brown bill. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak. See page 163. 



10. Crown, chin, and throat bright red. Above black, white, and 



yellowish ; below greenish yellow. Tail black, white on the 

 middle feathers, white edge to wing coverts. A tree-creeper. 

 Bill pointed, about as long as head. 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. See page 198. 



11. Head, neck, and throat crimson. Back, wings, and tail bluish 



black. White below, much white on wings, and white rump. 

 A tree-creeper. Bill horn-coloured. 



Red-headed Woodpecker. See page 199. 



B. BIRDS CONSPICUOUSLY BLUE. 



1. Azure-blue above. Wings blue with blackish tips, upper breast 



brick-red, lower parts white. Bill and feet black. 



Bluebird. See page 66. 



2. Deep blue, in some lights having a greenish cast. Wings and tail 



washed thinly with brownish. Bill dark above. 



Indigo Bunting. See page 164. 



3. Lead-blue above; head finely crested ; wing coverts and tail bright 



blue, barred with black. Below grayish white with a black 

 collar. 



Blue Jay. See page 171. 



4. Above lead-blue, variegated with black. Below whitish, two dull 



blue bands across breast. Long crest ; straight bill longer than 

 head. 



Belted Kingfisher. See page 304. 



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