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Second Group (With red in the plumage)

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-chirr 608. SCARLET TANAGER.

APPENDIX I. b. Length 6.00; dull, pinkish red, wings and tail brownish; frequently seen feeding on buds or blossoms; call-note, a sharp chink, often uttered during flight; song, a sweet, flowing warble. 517. PURPLE FINCH. c. Length 6.00; dull red or green tinged with red; mandibles crossed; generally seen in flocks feeding on pine cones 521. AM. CROSSBILL. d. Length 5.00; a red crown-cap; back streaked black and brown; breast rosy; feeds on seeds or catkins; Nov. to Mch. 528. REDPOLL.

B. Throat black. a. Length 8.00; breast rose-red, rest of plumage black and white; song loud and musical; call-note, peek. 595. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 6. Length 8.00; a conspicuous crest; region about the base of the bill black; rest of the plumage and bill red; song, a clear whistle. 593. CARDINAL. c. Length 5.50; wings and tail banded with orange-red, showing conspicuously in flight; movements active; much in the air; tail frequently spread; haunts woodland. 687. REDSTART.

II. No red on the under parts.

A. Length 9.00; black; shoulders red; haunts marshes; migrates in flocks. 498. RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD.

B. Length 5-25; crown-cap red; chin black; rest of under parts streaked with blackish; feeds on seeds and catkins; Nov. to Mch. 528. REDPOLL (Im.).

C. Length 4.00; under parts whitish; back olive-green; a ruby crownpatch; eye-ring white; movements restless, wings flitted nervously; callnote, cack; song remarkably loud and musical; Sept. and Oct.; Apl. and May. .749. RUBY-CROWNED KINGLET.