FIELD KEY TO COMMON BIRDS. 79 



H. With red in the plumage. 



1. With red on tlie under parts. 

 A. Throat red. 



u. Length 7'25 inches ; wings and tail black ; rest of plumage bright 

 scarlet ; call-note, cTiip-cTiirr ; May to Sept. 



S CABLET Tanagee, page 211. 

 J. Length 6'20 inches ; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; fre- 

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

 often uttered during flight ; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



PuKPLE Finch, page. 200. 

 a. Length 6'20 inches ; dull red or green tinged with red ; mandibles 

 crossed ; generally seen in ilocks ; feeds on pine cones. 



Am. Crossbill, page 196. 

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

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



Eedpoll, page 194. 

 £. Throat black. 

 a. Length 8'00 inches; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and 

 white ; song loud and musical ; call-note, peeh ; May to Sept. 



RosE-BREASTED Grosbeak, page 202. 

 J. Length 8-00 inches ; a conspicuous crest; region about the 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 Oct. 



Eedstakt, page 230. 



2. No red on the under parts. 



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

 in flocks ; Mch. to Oct Eed-winged Blackbird, page 166. 



Ji. Length 5'25 inches : orown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts 

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



Eedpoll (im.), page 194. 



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

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

 ously ; call-note, each ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and 

 Oct. ; Apl. and May Euby-cbowned Kinglet, page 252. 



III. 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 inches; upper parts bright blue; under parts cinnamon- 

 brown Bluebird, page 260. 



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



Indigo Bunting, page 206. 



D. Length 13-00 ; bluish gray ; haunts near water ; feeds on fish, which 

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



