FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.
FOX SPARROW.
87.
Passerella
35 iliaea.
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Length, 7J inches. Upperparts reel-brown, tail brightest head grayish unclerparts Avhite with red-brown and bhick streaks. This sparrow breeds far to the northward and winters in the South. During the
migrations early in the spring and late in the fail this quiet and melancholy bird is often seen on the edges of wood-swamps, or in the alder bushes. SS, Pipilo erytlirophthalmus. Length, 8^ inches. Belly and outer tailfeathers white sides chestnut-red otherwise black. Female similar, but brownish gray where the male is black. summer bird, wintering South. He is conspicuous in shrubs and hedges on account of his long tail and sharp, loud, warning notes. 89. GROSBEAK. ITabia
TOWHEE. CHEWINK.
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A
ROSE-BREASTED
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Length, 8J inches. Belly, patch on wing, and spots on tail and bill white breast and sides pink, otherwise black. Female brown above, with a white line through the eye throat white belly light buff with brown streaks. A summer bird, wintering in South America. Found in woodlands, and distinguished for his fine voice. The CARDINAL, a more southerly bird, rarely comes as far north as New York. Bright red with a large topknot black around bill and throat grayish ludovicia7ia.
on back and
90.
tail.
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INDIGO BIRD.
Passerinaeyanea. Length, Bright deep blue on the forehead, changing gradually to bright metallic green on the tail. Female dark red-brown on back and breast and around the eye underparts buff with no streaks or spots. A summer bird, wintering in (Central America. Found 5^ inches.
among 91.
bushes.
DICKCISSEL.
BLACK-T H R O AT E D
BUNTING.
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Spiza americana. Length, 6 inches. Resembles the English Sparrow, but differs in having a light line over the eye and a yellowish breast.
A
Western summer
bird, rarely
found East.
