KEY FOR MAY 

 Brov7n or Browoisb. 



12.20 ) In trees; very slender; tail long; under parts white. 



or > p- 227. YeUow-billed Cuckoo. 



11.83 ) P- '^^^- Black-billed Cuckoo. 



12.00. Flies from or to trees ; rump white .... p. 216. Flicker. 

 11.42. Reddish-brown; tail long; sings high in trees; flies into bushes when 



disturbed p. 95. Tlrrasher. 



10.75. Whistles in tree-tops, or from posts; feeds in grass ; outer tail-feathers 



white p. 190. Meadowlark. 



9.75. Flutters from ground in woods; band across neck white. 



p. 213. ■Whip-poor-will, 

 g.oi. In trees; notes loud and harsh ; belly yellow; tail reddish-brown. 



p. 207. Crested Flycatcher. 

 8.35. On ground, or in thickets; tail-feathers tipped with white; flanks 



reddish-brown p. 152. $ Chewtuk. 



8.29. On ground or on low limbs; head reddish-brown; breast white; 



spotted with black; song beautiful . p. 79. 'Wood Thrush. 



8.25. (North as far as Central Park, N. Y.) Crest, wings, and tail tinged 



with reddish p. 151. ? Cardinal. 



8.12. In trees; streaked with grayish; whitish line over eye; white wing- 

 bar ; bill very large ■ . p. 150. $ Bose-breasted Grosbeak. 

 8.00. Near swampy ground; blackish-brown; often with black red-shoul- 

 dered males .... p. 191. $ Bed-winged Blackbird. 

 7.52. In wet woods ; upper parts tawny-brown ; breast not distinctly spotted. 



p. 78. "Wilson's Thrush. 

 7.58-7.00. On ground or low limbs; breast white, spotted with black; 

 upper parts grayish-brown . p. 77. Oray-cheeked Thrush. 

 7.17. Like above, but eye-ring white ; cheek buffy. 



p. 76. Olive-backed Thrush. 



7.17. (Generally onlj' till May 10.) On ground, or low limbs; breast 



white, spotted with black ; tail reddish-brown, often slowly raised. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 7.25. Grayish-brown ; walUng on ground, or lighting in trees, often with 



black males p. 192. ? Cowbird. 



7.19. In trees; often in flocks; head and throat rich brown ; belly yellow- 

 ish; tail-feathers tipped with j'ellow ; head crested. 



p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 7.12. In grassy fields; under parts yellowish-brown, unstreakcd; gene- 

 rally with black and white males ... p. 193. 9 Bobolink. 



