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A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
Birds Either Yellow or with Conspicuous Yellow Markings 
Above rich olive-yellow , breast and under parts golden yellow. Breast 
streaked with light brown. Feet brown. Summer bird. 
Yellow Warbler. See page 62. 
Crozvn, sides of breast , and rump yellow, less bright in fall and winter, 
above slate color, striped and streaked with black. Whitish be- 
low. Bill and feet black. 
Myrtle Warbler. See page 64. 
Under parts, including wing and tail coverts, yellow, grading to white 
on middle of belly. Above olive, head masked with black. Bill 
black ; flesh-colored feet. Summer. 
Maryland Yellow-throat. See page 65. 
Brilliant yellow throat, breast, and wing linings. Olive-green above; 
strong, curving blue-black bill; feet lead-colored. (Larger than 
the preceding species, voice strong.) Summer. 
Yellow-breasted Chat. See page 66. 
Body, all but wings, tail, and frontlet, clear gamboge yellow. Frontlet 
black ; wings black, varied w’ith white. In winter dull olive. 
American Goldfinch. See page 82. 
large ground-feeding birds 
Under parts bright yellow, black throat crescent. Paler in autumn. 
Much variegated above, general color brown. Bill stout and 
straight, strong legs, a walker. A ground feeder and meadow 
bird. All the year. 
Meadowlark. See page 95. 
Birds Conspicuously Black, Dusky, or Dark Gray 
Above olive-gray; head black. Wings dark brown; tail black, with 
white spots on the two outer quills. Entire breast and belly pale 
brick-red. Throat streaked with black and white; white eyelids. 
Bill yellow, dusky at tip ; feet dark. All the year. 
American Robin. See page 47. 
Clear, deep slate above; under parts light gray. Crown and tail black 
vent rust-red. S. R. 
Catbird. See page 56. 
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Dark bluish slate all over, except lower breast and belly, which are 
grayish white, and form a vest. Several outer tail feathers white, 
which are conspicuous in flying. Bird of autumn and winter. 
Autumn, winter, spring. 
Slate-colored Junco. See page 87. 
Head, neck, breast, back, and middle tail feathers black. Belly and 
spots on outer tail feathers white. Sides light bay. Red eyes, 
black bill, light-brown feet. S. R. 
Towhee. See page 89. 
