Biographies
After devoting separate paragraphs to the bird's general range, its manner of occurrence, comparative numbers, times of migration at several specific points, and its nest and eggs, the space remaining is given to a brief sketch of its haunts, notes, and disposition, with the particular object of aiding in its identification in the field. * Strictly maritime birds whose occurrence within five miles of Cambridge is casual or accidental are, as a rule, excluded. or accidental are, as a rule, excluded.
PLATE 11.
OLIVE.
OLIVE BROWN.
CINNAMON BROWN.
RUFOUS BROWN.
RUFOUS.
CHESTNUT.
UMBER.
OCHRACEOUS BUFF.
CREAM BUFF.
VINACEOUS.
BROWNISH GRAY.
GRAYISH BROWN.
FUSCOUS.
BROWNISH ASHY.
SLATE COLOR.
ASHY.
GRAY.
PEARL GRAY.
BLUE GRAY.
GRAYISH BLUE.
BLUE.
DARK OLIVE GREEN.
LIGHT OLIVE GREEN.
GREENISH YELLOW.
SULPHUR YELLOW.
CROME YELLOW.
ORANGE.
SCARLET.
CARDINAL.
COLOR CHART.
PINK.
BIOGRAPHIES-ILLUSTRATIONS.
In preparing these biographical sketches I have aimed to secure the best material possible, using my own notes only when I felt they were based on adequate observations. Not only have I carefully examined the literature relating to the habits of our birds, selecting what seemed to be the most trustworthy accounts of their appearance in life, but through the generous co-operation of fellow-students of living birds I am able to present character sketches of some of our birds, written by observers who are everywhere known for their sympathy with birds out-of-doors. Thus I have to thank Mrs. Miller, Miss Merriam, Mr. Bicknell, Mr. Brewster, Dr. Dwight, Mr. Thompson, and Mr. Torrey for pen pictures of birds with which they are especially familiar, each sketch being signed by its author.