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d. Length 7'25; upper parts olive-green; no Wing-bars; a white line before the eye; haunts thickets and undergrowth; song, a striking mixture of whistles, chucks. and came, sometimes uttered on the wing.

683. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. B. Under parts streaked with mfous-brown; length 5'00; general appear- ance of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second growths, and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, wéé, chéé- chéé—chéé, chér-wéé, or chéé-ckéé-chéé-chéé, way-o . 652. YELLOW WARBLER. 0. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 1000; haunts fields and meadows, largely terrestrial; flight quail—like, outer white tail- feathers showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musical whistle.

501. MEADOWLARK. II. Throat white.

A. With yellow on the sides. (1. Length 5'50; rump yellow; breast streaked or spotted with black; tail-feathers marked with white; note, a characteristic tchip ,' Sept. to May, usually rare or local in winter . . . . 655. MYRTLE WARBLER. 5. Length 5'00; no streaks on under parts or white in the tail; yellow extending along the whole sides; back olive-green, iris white; haunts thickets; call, an emphatic “Who are you, eh i ” 631. WHITE-EYED VmEo. 6. Length 525; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing conspicu- ously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much in the air, tail frequently spread . . . . . . . . . . . 687. Ransum. B. N 0 yellow on sides. (1. Length 6'75; 11 yellow line from the bill to the eye; crown black, with a white stripe through its center; haunts in and about thickets and bushy woodlands; song, a high, clear, musical whistle; call-note,c/11'nk. 558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. [2. Length 4'00; 9. yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; note, nfine ti—ti ,' Oct. to Apl. . . . . .748. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET. III. Throat vinaceous; length 1200; a black breast-patch; belly white, spotted with black; rump white, showing conspicuously in flight; linings of wings yellow; call—note,aloud lake-yer . . . . . . . 412. FLICKER. IV. Throat and head black; length 7'50; breast, belly, and lower back deep orange, an active inhabitant of fruit and shade trees; song, a loud, ringing whistle. . . . . . . 507. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. V. Throat and upper breast ashy; length 9'00; crested' belly yellow, tail— feathers largely pale 1'suf‘ou; haunts upper branches in woodland, note,a loud questioning, or grating whistle . . . . 452. CRESTED FLYCATCHER.

VI. Grayish brown; length 7 '00; crested ; tip of tail yellow. 619. WAXWING.

Second Group—With red in the plumage.

1. With red on the under parts. A. Throat red. a. Length 7'00; wings and tail black; rest of plumage bright scarlet: call-note, chip-shim . . . . . . . . . 608. SCARLET TANAGER.