KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



***** Mottled brown and black birds (other than true Hawks 

 and Owls) flying and feeding chiefly at twilight and night. 



19. A long- winged bird of twilight and night. Large mouth, fringed 



with bristles. Plumage dusky and Owl-like, much spotted 

 with black and gray. Wings mottled with shades of brown. 

 Lower half of outer tail quills white. 



Whip-poor-will. See page 190. 



20. A bird of day, as well as of night. Mottled black and rusty above ; 



the breast finely barred and with a V-shaped white spot on 

 throat. Wings brown, a large white spot extending entirely 

 through them, conspicuous in flight. White bar on tail. 



Niglithawk. See page 191. 



F. DAINTILY PLUMED SMALL BIRDS FEEDING ABOUT 

 THE BRANCHES AND TERMINAL SHOOTS OF TREES. 



1. Tiny bird of autumn and winter. Flame-coloured crown spot, 



edged with yellow and enclosed by black line. Above olive- 

 green and yellowish olive, which is more decided on wings, 

 rump, and tail. Whitish line over eye ; under parts yellow- 

 ish gray. Bill and feet black. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet. See page 68. 



2. Small bird with vermilion spot on crown. Ash-gray head ; back 



olive-gray, yellower on tail. Breast and under parts yellowish 



gray. Edges of eyelids whitish. Bill black ; feet dark brown. 



Ruby-crowned Kinglet. See page 69. 



3. Head yellowish brown ; black stripe on each side of crown, also 



back of eye. Above greenish olive ; under parts buffy. Bill 

 and feet light. 



Worm-eating Warbler. See page 89. 



4. Yellow crown and wing coverts. Above bluish gray. Chin, 



throat, and eye stripe black. Below slaty white tinged with 

 yellowish. Bill and feet blackish. 



Golden-winged Warbler. See page 90. 



6. Top of head yellow. Black stripe running through the eye, and 

 a black spot in front of it. Back and wing coverts streaked 

 black and yellow. Throat and breast white with chestnut 

 stripe, starting at the black mustache and extending down the 

 sides. Bill black ; feet brown. 



Chestnut-Bided Warbler. See page 98. 

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