KEY FOE AUTUMN 



(SEPTEMBER 15-NOVEMBER 15) 



BroTivn or Bro'wnish. 

 A. 



12.20. ( In trees; very slender; tail long; Tellow-billed ) ^ . 

 11.83. I under parts white . . . p. 226. Blaok-billed i ^"^° °°- 



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



11.42. Reddish-brown; flies into bushes when disturbed; tail long. 



p. 95. Brown Thrasher. 

 10.75. J^l'ss up from the grass ; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 190. Meadowlark. 

 [10.00. Size of Bobia.] 

 g.55. In flocks; upper parts rusty-brown . . p. 186. Husty BIa.ckbird. 



8.35. Scratches under bushes ; outer tail-feathers deeply tipped with white. 



p. 152. ? Towhee. 

 8.12. In trees; line over eye and bar on wing white. 



p. 150. 5 Eose-breasted Grosbeak. 

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

 7.26. (After October 15.) Fox color; scratches on ground; breast spotted. 



p. 154. Fox Sparrow. 

 7.19. In flocks in trees; plump, sleek ; eats fruit . p. 139. Cedar-bird. 

 7.17. On ground, or low limbs; tail reddish-brown. 



p. 74. Hermit Thrush. 

 7.17. On ground, or low limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive-brown; 

 cheek huffy; eye-ring white . p. 76. Olive-baoked Thrush. 

 6.25-7.58. On ground, or low limbs; head, back, and tail uniform olive- 

 brown ; cheek gray ; no eye-ring. 



p. 77. Gray-oheeked Thrush. 



6.gg. On trees near water ; tail constantly jerked . . p. 206. PhcBbe. 



6.74. Feeds on ground, generally in flocks; head marked with black and 



white; line over eye yellow or yellowish; throat white or whitish. 



p. 163. "White-throated Sparrow. 



6.38. In flocks on the ground in ploughed fields and on mud-flats and 



marshes; tail constantly wagged; outer tail-feathers white. 



p. 97. American Pipit. 

 [6.33. Size of BngUsh Sparrow.] 

 B. 



6.36. (After October 20.) In flocks on the ground, or in low bushes; 



wing-bars white; spot on unstreaked breast duskj'. 



p. 162. Tree Sparrow. 



6.30. In weedy fields, or at the edges of grassy marshes; breast streaked 



with dark blotch in centre .... p. 157. Song Sparrow. 



