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FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS.

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RED-EYED

VIKEO. Vireo olivaceus.— 101. Greenish gray Jibove iinderparts Lengtli, 6J inches. and a line above the eye white ; eye red ; no light

wing

bars.

.

PHILADELPHIA

103.

WARBLING VIREO.

VIREO. Vireo philaLength, 4j inches. Similar to the Reddelphicu8. eye, but pale yellow underneath.

—

Vireo

gilvus.—

Length, 5| inches. Similar to Red-eye, but paler and more brownish in color no light wing bars.

104.

YELLOW-THROATED VIREO.

flavifrons.

inches.

— Length, 6

Vireo

Olive gray on head

and back, fading to gray on tail coverts light parts of head yelloAv, fading to white towards the belly two white bands on the wing.



105.

WHITE-EYED

VIREO.

Vireo noveSimilar to the Yellow-throat, but eyes and throat white. 106. VIREO. Vireo solita-

horacencis.

— Length,

5^

inches.

BLUE-HEADED

— Length, 5J inches.

Bluish gray on head and greenish gray on back a white band from the throat and belly white bill to and around the eye two light bars on wing.

rius.

neck







WOOD WARBLERS. — Mmotilfidae. -..

— Slender, pointed, but not hooked. EoOD. — Insects, they busily Bill.

Avliich

hunt from tree to tree. often bright and handsomely

Small woodland birds, A few species stay in summer to breed here, but most pass through, breeding far to the north, and returning in the fall to winter in the tropics.

colored.

107.

BLACK

Mniotilta

varia.

AND

— Length,

WHITE 5J

streaked and marked Avith black.

CREEPER.

inches.

White,

Hunts woodpecker-