KEY FOR ]\rAilCH 



Brow^n or Brownish. 

 A. 



I2.O0. Flies from or to trees; nimp white p. 216. Flioker. 



10.75. Whistles in tree-tops ; feeds in grass; shows white tail-feathers. 



p. 190. Meadowlark. 



10.00. Head black; breast bay p. 73. Bobin. 



7.75. On or near the beach ; throat yellow . p. 200. Shore Ijark. 

 7.36. (Arrives about March 15.) Scratches on the ground; tail reddish- 

 brown ; breast spotted p. 154. Fox Sparrow, 



7.19. In flocks in trees; pinmp, sleek; eata fruit. 



p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 A'. 

 8.25. (As far north as Central Park, X. T.) Crest, wings, and tail tinged 



with reddish p. 151. $ Cardinal. 



7.17. Low in thickets ; fail reddish-brown ; breast spotted ; not common. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 6.74. Scratches on ground; tail brown; throat white. 



p. 163. White-throated Sparrow. 

 [6.33. English Sparrow.] 



B. 

 6.36. In flocks on the ground ; wing-bars white ; breast nnstreaked, with 



small dusky spot in centre .... p. 162. Tree Sparrow. 

 6.30. Sings a bright song from bush or small tree ; breast streaked with 



dark blotch in centre p. 157. Son^ Sparrow. 



6.27. Brownish-gray; in flocks with slate-gray males; outer tail-featheiB 



white p. 158. ? Junoo. 



6.25. Only in beach grass p. 171. Ipswich Sparrow. 



5.66. Clings close to tree-trunks p. 88. Brown Creeper. 



5.65. In small flocks ; common near sea-shore or in bayberry patches ; rump 



yellow p. 120. M^^rtle AVarbler. 



5.32.** Grayish-brown; feeds in birehes or in weed-patches ; adults with 



dark red crown p. 178. Bedpoll. 



5.10. In small flocks in trees or on the ground; call-notes sweet; flies high 



when startled ; wings and tail black and white. 



p. 177. QoldOnoh. 

 B'. 



5.50. (Very rare in New England. ) Skulks in brush; whistles loudly; con- 

 spicuous whitish line over eye ... p. 94. Carolina Wren. 



