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II. With red in the plumage. 



1. WiCh TL'd on tliu uiuIit purtw. 



A. Throat red. 



a. Length 7"25 inch(.'s ; wind's and tail hlack; rest of pluma^^e bright 

 scarlet; call-note, chip-cliirr\ May to St'pt. 



ScAKLET Tanager, page 211, 

 h Length 6-20 inchc-s ; dull, pinkish red, winga and tail brownish ; fre- 

 quently seen feeding on buds or blossoms; call-note, a sharp chink^ 

 often uttered during tlight ; song, a Hweet, flowing warble. 



PuitPLE Finch, page 200. 



c. Length G-20 inches; dull red or green tinged with red; mandiMes 

 crossed ; generally seen in tlocks ; feeds on pine eones. 



Am. (.'liossBiLL, page 196. 



d. Length 5'30 inches; a red crown-cap; back streaked black and 

 browu ; breast rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins ; Nov. to Moh. 



Redpoll, page 194. 



B. Throat black. 



a. Length S'OO inches; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and 

 white; song loud and musical ; call-note, /j^^^/j; May to Sept. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, page 202. 

 h. Length S'OO inches ; a ennspieunus crest; region about tlie base of 

 the bill black; rest of the plumage and bill red; song, a clear 

 whistle ; resident from New York city southward. 



Cardinal, page 207. 

 c. Length 5'40 inches; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing 

 conspicuously in flight: movements active; much in the air; tail 

 frequently spread ; haunts woodland ; May to (Jet. 



Redstart, page 230. 



2. No red on the under parts. 



A. Length 9-50 inches; black ; shoulders red; haunts marshes; migrates 

 in tiocka ; Meh. to Oct Red-winged Blackbird, page 166. 



B. Length 5-25 inches : crown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts 

 streaked with blackish; feeds on seeds and catkins; Nov. to Meh. 



Redpoll (inh), page 194. 



C. Length 4'00 inches ; under parts whitish; back olive-green; a ruby 

 crown-pateh ; eye-ring white; movements restless, wings flitted nerv- 

 ously; call-note, <v(r/: ; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and 

 Oct.; Apl. and May Rubv-orowned Kinglet, page 252. 



SII. With blue in the plumage. 



A. Length 11-50 inches; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; 

 under parts whitish ; a black patch on the breast. 



Blue Jay, page 163. 



B. Length 7"00 inciies ; upper parts bright blue; under parts cinnamon- 

 brown Bllebird, page 260. 



C. Length 5-50 inches ; entire plumage indigo-bluc ; May to Oct. 



Indigo Bunting, page 206. 



D. Length IS'OO ; bluish gray; haunts near water; feeds on tish, which 

 it catches by darting on them at the surface . Kingfisher, page 136. 



