406 APPENDIX I. 



h. Length 6-00 ; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish ; frequently 

 seen feeding on buds or blossoms ; call-noto, a sharp cUnJc, often ut- 

 tered during flight ; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 



517. PnKPLE Finch. 



c. Length 6-00 ; dull red or green tinged with red ; mandibles crossed ; 

 generally seen in flocks feeding on pine cones . 521. Am. Crossbill. 



d. Length 500 ; a red crown-cap ; back streaked black and brown ; breast 

 rosy ; feeds on seeds or catkins ; Nov. to Mch. . . . 528. Eedpoll. 



S. Throat black. 



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

 loud and musical; call-note, ^eei. . 595. Eose-breasted Gkosbeak. 



b. Length 8-00 ; a conspicuous crest ; region about the base of the bill 

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



593. Cardinal. 



c. Length 5-50 ; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing con- 

 spicuously in flight; movements active; much in the air; tail fre- 

 quently spread ; haunts woodland 687. Eedstart. 



n. No red on the under parts. 



A. Length 9-00 ; black ; shoulders red ; haunts marshes ; migrates in flocks. 



498. Eed-winged Blackbird. 

 £. Length 5-25 ; crown-cap red ; chin black ; rest of under parts streaked 

 with blackish ; feeds on seeds and catkins ; Nov. to Mch. 



528. Eedpoll (Im.). 

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

 patch ; eye-ring white ; movements restless, wings flitted nervously ; call- 

 note, each ; song remarkably loud and musical ; Sept. and Oct. ; Apl. and 

 May 749. Euey-orowned Kinglet. 



Third Group. — ^With blue in the plumage. 



L Length 11-50; a conspicuous crest; upper parts dull blue; under parts 



whitish ; a black patch on the breast 477. Blue Jay. 



II. Length 7'00 ; upper parts bright blue ; under parts cinnamon-rufous. 



766. Bluebird. 

 III. Length 5'50 ; entire plumage indigo-blue . . . 698. Indigo Bunting. 



Fourth Group.— Plumage conspicuously black, or black 

 and v«r]iite. 



I. Black and white birds. 

 A. Throat black. 

 a. Length over 6-00. 

 a'. Entire under parts black ; nape buffy ; rump white ; a musical 

 dweller of fields and meadows; frequently sings on the wing*. 



494. Bobolink. 



a". Breast rose-red; rest of the plumage black and white ; song rapid, 



loud, and musical; call-note, peeh ; a tree dweller in rather open 



woodland 595. Eose-breasted Grosbeak. 



o'. Sides rufous ; rest of the plumage black and white ; call-note, 

 chewinJc or towhee ; inhabits the undergrowth . . . 687. Towheb. 



