A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
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Not crested ; head about the same length as long curving bill. Tail long 
Powerful bill ; lower mandible yellow. Above olive, with gray and 
metallic tints. Two middle tail feathers olive, outer quills black, 
with conspicuous white spots. Wings washed with bright cinna- 
mon. Under parts grayish white. S. R. 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo. See page 117. 
Above general coloring same as last species. Black bill, red eyelids. 
White spots on tail inconspicuous. S. R. 
Black-billed Cuckoo. See page 117. 
MOTTLED BROWN AND BLACK BIRDS (OTHER THAN TRUE HAWKS AND OWLS) 
FLYING AND FEEDING CHIEFLY AT TWILIGHT AND NIGHT 
A long-winged bird of twilight and night. Large mouth, fringed with 
bristles. Plumage dusky and Owl-like, much spotted with black 
and gray. Wings mottled with shades of brown. Lower half of 
outer tail quills white. S. R. 
Whip-poor-will. See page 106. 
A bird of day, as well as of night. Mottled black and rusty above; the 
breast finely barred and with a V-shaped white spot on throat. 
Wings brown, a large white spot extending entirely through 
them, conspicuous in flight. White bar on tail. S. R. 
Nighthawk. See page 108. 
Daintily Plumed Small Birds Feeding About the Branches and 
Terminal Shoots of Trees 
Tiny bird of autumn and winter. Flame-colored crown spot, edged 
with yellow and enclosed by black line. Above olive-green and 
yellowish olive, which is more decided on wings, rump, and tail. 
Whitish line over eye; under parts yellowish gray. Bill and feet 
black. 
Golden-crowned Kinglet. See page 51. 
BIRDS WITH BILLS SLIGHTLY HOOKED AT TIP; PLUMAGE OLIVE ABOVE AND 
WHITE OR YELLOWISH BELOW; FEEDING IN THE TREES; LOUD AND 
CONSTANT SINGERS 
S. R. Red-eyed Vireo. See page 67. 
Tree-creeping Birds of Various Sizes, Seen Upon the Trunks and 
Branches, Feeding Upon Insects and the Larvae in the Bark 
Body flat and compact. Above slate-blue, head and hind neck black. 
Wings blackish, edged with slate. Belly white, rusty toward 
vent. Most conspicuous in autumn and winter. R. 
White-breasted Nuthatch. See page 53. 
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Above lead-colored, brownish on wings and tail. Crown and sides of 
head and neck black. Under parts rust-red. Bill lead color, feet 
lead-brown. Bird of autumn and winter. R. 
Red-breasted Nuthatch. See page 55. 
