3G8 THE STUDY OF BIRDS IN TBE FIELD 



Key to Birds Larger than the Robin 



The numbers refer to the pages where the birds are described. 



' Birds seen constantly on the wing, and generally near or over the 



water. (E.) 

 ' Mottled-brownish, short-billed i ground birds, with feathered legs, 



walking and scratching like barnyard fowl. (D.) 

 « Crested birds, with more or less of blue in the plumage. (C.) 

 " Black-plumaged birds, not constantly on the wing. (B.) 

 '■ Not as above. (A.) 



A. Long-legged ground birds, with a slender bill,^ an inch or more 



long Bartramian Sandpiper, p. 247. 



A. Brown-colored ground birds, with a long tail and. a spotted 



lareast Brown Thrasher, p. 06. 



A. Loud-voiced, woodpecker-like birds, with much golden color on 

 the under sides of the wings and tail, and a black crescent across 



the breast ; belly with round, black spots Flicker, p. 178. 



A. Small-headed, full-breasted, short^billed 3 birds, with reddish breast ; 



head and neck with metallic tints 



Mourning Dove, p. 216. Passenger Pigeon, p. 2 1 5. 



A. Slender birds, with long, slender, somewhat curved bills,' and 



long tails, having the outer feathers white tipped 



The Cuckoos, p. 182. 



A. Mottled-backed ground birds, with long, straight bill,^ yellow 



under parts, and a black crescent on the breast 



Meadowlark, p. 147. 



A. Very much mottled, short-legged birds, with a white or buffy collar 



around the throat Chuck-wiU's-widow, p. 169. 



B. Black, without iridescence The Crows, pp. 155, 156. 



B. Black, glossy, and iridescent .Purple Grackle, p. 150. 



C. Large-headed bird, with a heavy, long, straight bill,^ and two bluish 



bands across the breast Belted Kingfisher, p. 179. 



C. Tail and wings heavily barred' with black; a black band across 



breast Blue Jay, p. 153. 



D. Tail long, and when expanded, fan-shaped ; a ruff of black feathers 



on the lower part of the side neck Ruffed Grouse, p. 224. 



D. Tail extending but little beyond the tips of the wings when 



closed ; a tuft of feathers higher up on the side neck 



Prairie Hen, p. 225. 



