MIGRANTS 
Do not make filial identification from these incomplete descriptions, which . ; 
are only intended to suggest what a species may be. See full description in ♦ 
some good bird book. These apply generally to full-plumaged male — female » ' 
usually duller. 
Characteristic Marks, Motions, 
OR Notes * 
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Bittern 
Streaks of black and buff on neck ; long yellow i 
bill ; spread brown wings tipped with black. 
Blackbird, Red-winged 
Black ; scarlet on bend of wing. 
Blackbird, Rusty 
Feathers glossy black or with rusty tips; eye i. 
pale yellow or white. 
Bluebird 
Blue ; breast russet. 
Bobolink 
Black ; nape buff ; rump whitish. 
Bunting, Indigo 
Rich blue ; deeper on head. 
Catbird 
Slaty ; black cap ; under tail coverts rufous. 
Chat, Yellow-breasted 
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Throat and breast rich yellow ; belly white ; 
above olive brown ; eyelids, line over eye 
and another under the cheek, white. 
Cowbird 
Black ; head, neck and breast seal brown. 
Cuckoo, Black-billed 
Under mandible black; small white tips on 
: dusky tail feathers. 
Cuckoo, Yellow-billed 
iUnder mandible yellow ; large white spots on ' 
i blackish tail feathers. 
Dove, Mourning ... 
Tail wedge-shaped, tipped with white. 
Duck, Black 
Generally dusky ; under sides of wings silvery. 
Duck, Wood. 
Bright iridescent colors ; long purple crest ; 
throat white ; much white underneath. 
Finch, Purple 
Much rose red, brighter on head, rump and 
throat. 
Flicker, Northern 
Rump white ; shafts and under sides of wrings 
and tail yellow. 
Flycatcher, Alder 
Song, “Ouidee, ” marked. 
Pdycatcher, Crested ! 
Belly sulphur yellow ; tail reddish when spread. • 
Flycatcher, Least ; 
Its quick song “Chebec” ; wing bars ash white. 
