with black; usually in
small flocks. *Magnolia Warbler.

39. SWAMP SPARROW. 5-3/4 in.
(Melospiza georgiana. 584.)

Very darkly colored and heavily streaked; chestnut cap, sometimes
indistinctly streaked; _black forehead_; plain ashy breast; shy;
frequents bushes along the water's edge. *Song Sparrow. *Lincoln Sparrow.

40. PURPLE FINCH. 6-1/4 in.
(Carpodacus purpureus. 517.)

Not "purple," but faded crimson-red, somewhat streaky; belly whitish;
_large, heavy bill_; female mottled olive-brown, resembling sparrows;
noteworthy song.

41. CEDAR WAXWING. 7 in.
(Ampelis cedrorum. 619.)

Smooth snuff-brown; _crested_; chin and line from bill to crest, black;
end of tail banded with yellow; in flocks; "monotonous lisping note."

42. WILSON THRUSH. 7-1/4 in.
(Hylocichla fuscescens. 756.)

_Uniform tawny brown_; no ring about the eye; below white, faintly tinged
and lightly spotted; shy, about bushes; sometimes sings in Lincoln Park.
*Other Thrushes.

43. AMERICAN SPARROW HAWK. 10-1/2 in.
(Falco sparverius. 360.)

Reddish-brown, usually barred or spotted with black; head bluish, _marked
on sides with black_; tail white-tipped with one broad black bar; below
white, more or less spotted; narrow pointed wings; female, much more
barred, darker and _streaked_ below. _The smallest hawk._

44. BARN SWALLOW. 7 in.
(Hirundo erythrogastra. 613.)

Blue-back; chestnut shading to white below; _deeply forked tail_. *Tree
Swallow.

45. BROWN THRASHER. 11-1/4 in.
(Toxostoma rufum. 705.)

Bright rusty red; white below, much streaked; long bill and _long,
sweeping tail_; song, loud, bold and varied; about bushes. *Fox Sparrow.

46. HOUSE WREN. 5 in.
(Troglodytes aedon. 721.)

Brown, barred with darker; below grayish, tinged with brown, also barred;
rusty-colored tail, _two inches long_; remarkable song. *Other Wrens.

47. BLUE-GRAY GNATCATCHER. 5 in.
(Polioptila caerulea. 751.)

Blue-gray; white beneath; _long tail_ edged with white; male has a black
line over eye; fidgety, never long in a place; wheezy song.
*Bl