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6.99. About farm-buildings, or near water; tail constantly jerked; flies 



out into the air after insects p. 206. Phoebe. 



6.88. Feeds on ground ; head marked with bright black and white; no 

 yellow line over eye ; throat not white. 



p. 164. 'VPTiite-crowiied Sparrow. 

 6.74. Feeds on ground; head marked with bright black and white; line 

 over eye yellow ; throat white. 



p. 163. White-throated Sparrow. 

 [6.33. Size of English Sparrow.] 



6.30. Wherever there are bushes and water; breast streaked, with dark 

 blotch in centre p. 157. Song Sparrow. 



6.23. In trees ; entire under parts grayish-white, unstreaked. 



p. 136. Bed-eyed Vireo. 



6.17. In dry woods; on ground or low limbs ; breast streaked with black. 



p. 108. Oven-bird. 



6.12. In pastures or near cultivated fields; breast streaked; outer tail- 

 feathers white p. 172. Vesper Sparrow. 



5.89. In marshes; breast dark, unstreaked; crown chestnut. 



p. 155. Swamp Sparrow. 



5.85. In salt marshes p. 167. Sharp-tailed Sparrow. 



5.80. In trees; common in village streets; entire under parts white, uut 

 streaked p. 134. "Warbling Vireo. 



5.68. In grass-land ; breast streaked . . p. 170. Savanna Sparrow. 



5.68. In bushy pastures and hillsides; often in cedars; breast unstreaked; 

 song musical p. 160. Field Sparrow. 



5.59. In bushes or small trees; unstreaked; tail nervously twitched to the 

 side p. 149. $ Indigo-bird. 



5.52. In pines; upper parts brownish; under parts dull whitish; wing- 

 bars dull white p. 111. ? Pine "Warbler. 



5.38. (Not common north of latitude of Boston.) In dry sterile fields ; breast 

 bufiy, unstreaked; song insect-like. 



p. 169. Grasshopper Sparrow. 



5.37. Near houses or farming land, or in cedars; breast ashy, unstreaked; 

 song unmusical p. 161. Chipping Sparrow. 



5.20. In salt marshes or cat-tail swamps; clings to stalks with tail cocked; 

 song bubbling . . . . p. 89. Iiong-billed Marsh "Wren. 



5.00. In wet meadows, or on ill-drained hillsides ; breast streaked ; sings 

 from low perch ; note Jlee-sic'; rare. 



p. 168. Henslow'a Sparrow. 



5.00. In orchards or about buildings; tail often cocked over back. 



p. 93. House "Wren. 



4.00. In marshy meadows; clings to stalks with tail cocked; song not 



bubbling p. 90. Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



B'. 



6.00. In salt marshes ; not found north of Long Island Sound. 



^ p. 165. Seaside Sparrow. 



5.50. (Very rare in southern Connecticut; not uncommon in the lower 

 Hudson Valley.) Skulks in bushes; whistles loudly; conspicuous 

 whitish line over eye p, 94. Carolina Wren. 



