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A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
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Birds Commonly to be Seen in Connecticut 
In the list of Orders and Families of Birds, as arranged 
by the American Ornithologist’s Union, the rational arrange- 
ment of beginning with the lowest and ascending in the scale 
is followed, hence the less familiar Water Birds would come 
first. 
In this group of brief biographies I have begun with the 
highest order, the Perching Song Birds, because these are 
usually the most well-known. 
I have in the key grouped the birds roughly, in regard to 
their general colors as seen in the field, after the method em- 
ployed successfully in my book Birdcraft, from which the tech- 
nical descriptions have been taken by kind permission of the 
Macmillan Co. for use in this pamphlet only. 
The letters placed after the name of the bird in the biog- 
raphy indicate the time of year that they are with us in 
Connecticut : 
S. R., Summer Resident. Coming in spring and remaining 
to nest. 
S. V., Summer Visitor. Coming for a time after nesting 
season. 
R., Resident. Species seen all the year, many or few accord- 
ing to weather. 
W. V., Winter Visitors. Birds of the north visiting us in 
winter. 
KEY TO ONE HUNDRED BIRDS. 
I LAND BIRDS 
Birds Bright or Brick-red, Orange, or with Red Markings 
Breast and belly brick red. Above olive gray, black head. Black tail, 
white spots on outer quills. Throat streaked black and white. 
Bill yellow, dark tip. Dark feet. 
American Robin. See page 47. 
Blue-black above, white belly, sides and wing linings orange-salmon. 
Feet and bill black. Flits about in trees. Spring and summer. 
American Redstart. See page 67. 
