First Group
- With yellow or orange in the plumage.
I. Throat yellow.
A. Throat and breast pure yellow, without streaks or spots. a. Length 5.00; cap, wings, and tail black; back yellow; song canarylike, sometimes uttered on the wing: flight undulating, frequently accompanied by the notes chìc-o-ree, per-chìc-o-ree. 529. AM. GOLDFINCH. "See 6. Length 5.50; lower belly and wing-bars white; back olive-green; frequents the upper branches, generally in woodland; actions deliberate; song loud and musical, uttered slowly, often with pauses: 628. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. me? I'm here; where are you?" c. Length 5.25; cheeks and forehead black bordered by ashy; upper parts olive-green; no wing-bars; haunts thickets and undergrowth; movements nervous and active; call-note, pit or chack; song, a vigorous, rapid witch-e-wee-o, witch-e-wee-o, witch-e-wèe-o. 681. MARYLAND YELLOW-THROAT.
APPENDIX I. 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 caws, sometimes uttered on the wing. 683. YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT.
B. Under parts streaked with rufous-brown; length 5.00: general appearance of a yellow bird; haunts shrubbery of lawns, orchards, second growths, and particularly willows near water; song, rather loud, wèè, chèèchee-chèè, chèr-wee, or chee-chee-chee-chée, wày-o. 652. YELLOW WARBLER. C. Breast yellow, with a conspicuous black crescent; length 10.00; haunts fields and meadows, largely terrestrial; flight quail-like, outer white tailfeathers showing when on the wing; song, a loud, musical whistle. II. Throat white.
A. With yellow on the sides. 501. MEADOWLARK. a. 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. b. 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?" 631. WHITE-EYED VIREO. c. Length 5.25; tail and wings banded with yellow, showing conspicuously in flight; haunts woodland; movements active, much in the air, tail frequently spread 687. REDSTART.
B. No yellow on sides. a. Length 6.75; a 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, chink. 558. WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. b. Length 4.00; a yellow or yellow and orange crown-patch, bordered by black; flits restlessly about outer limbs of trees and bushes; note, a fine ti-ti; Oct. to Apl. .748. GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET.
III. Throat vinaceous; length 12.00; a black breast-patch; belly white, spotted with black; rump white, showing conspicuously in flight; linings of wings yellow; call-note, a loud kèe-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, tailfeathers largely pale rufous; 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.