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upper branches of rows of elms and other shade trees ; song, a 

 rich, unbroken warble with an alto undertone. 



627. "Wabbling Vireo. 



b*. No white line over the eye; eye-ring and wing-bars white; 



length 4-00 ; a. tiny, unsuspicious bird ; flits about the outer 



branches of trees and shrubs ; wings twitched nervously ; note, 



cack ; song, a remarkably loud, musical whistle. 



749. EUEY-CROWNED KiNGLET. 



J. Back gray or bluish gray. 

 J'. Crown black ; cheeks white ; a tree creeper ; note, yani:, yanh. 



727. White-bkeasted Nuthatch. 



J». A gray, crested bird ; forehead black ; no white in the tail ; note, 



a whistled peto, peto, or hoarse de-de-de-de . . 731. Tufted Tit. 



c. Back cinnamon-brown ; length 4*75 ; a nervous, restless, excitable 



bird ; tail carried erect ; song sweet, rapid and rippling, delivered 



with abandon 721. House When. 



£. Under parts white or whitish ; length over 7'50. 



a. Upper parts grayish slate-color; a white band at the end of the 

 tail ; a concealed orange-red crest ; a bird of the air, catching its 

 insect food on the wing, and occasionally sallying forth from its 

 exposed perch in pursuit of >i passing Crow; note, an unmusical, 

 steely chatter 444. Kingbied. 



b. Length 12'00 ; slim, brownish birds with long tails ; flight short and 

 noiseless; perch in a tree, not in an exposed position; note, tut- 

 tut, cluclc-cluck, and cow-cow. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 388. Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 C. Under parts not white. 

 o. Slate-color; cap and tail black; inhabits the lower growth; call-note, 

 nasal ; song highly musical and varied ; length 8-50 . 704. Catbird. 



b. Grayish brown ; conspicuously crested ; a black line through the 

 eye; tail tipped with yellow; generally seen in small flocks; note 

 thin and weak ; length 7'00 619. Cedar Waxwing. 



c. Under parts cream-buff; a conspicuous whitish line over the eye; 

 upper parts rufous-brown ; movements active ; tail carried erect ; 

 haunts lower growth ; notes loud and striking ; length 5'50. 



718. Carolina Wren. 

 2. Back streaked. 

 A. Crown rufous or chestnut without streaks. 



a. Length 5-25 ; bill black ; a whitish line over the eye ; a familiar bird 

 of lawns and door-yards ; song, a monotonous ckippy-cMppy-cMppy. 



560. Chipping Sparrow. 



b. Length 5'50; bill reddish, brown, back rufous, or rufous-brown; 

 wing-bars and eye-ring whitish ; haunts dry, bushy fields and pas- 

 tures ; song, a musical, plaintive cher-wee, cher-wee, cher-wee, cheeo, 

 dee-dee-dee-dee 563. Field Sparrow. 



c. Length 5'50 ; forehead black; crown and wings chestnut-rufous; 

 flanks pale grayish brown ; haunts marshes ; song, a rapidly repeated 

 weet-weet-weet, etc. . 584. Swamp Sparrow. 



