ing-bars; decidedly
grayish below, whiter on throat; _jerks its tail_ and utters a sharp,
energetic call, "che-bec'." *Wood Pewee. *Phoebe.
64. WOOD THRUSH. 7-3/4 in.
(Hylocichla mustelina. 755.)
_Bright brown on head_ shading to olive-brown on rump and tail; white
beneath, with conspicuous _round_ spots except on throat and middle of
belly; remarkable song. *Other Thrushes. *Fox Sparrow.
65. WESTERN YELLOW-THROAT. 5-1/4 in.
(Geothlypis trichas occidentalis. 681a.)
Olive-green, showing brownish tinge; _broad, black stripe across forehead
and through eye_; bordered broadly with white; yellow beneath; _female_
duller and without black stripe and easily confused with female
_Mourning_, _Connecticut_ and _Pine Warblers_; in low bushes; song,
"witch-i-ty, witch-i-ty, witch-i-ty."
66. MAGNOLIA WARBLER. 5 in.
(Dendroica maculosa. 657.)
Back and tail, black; crown blue-gray; yellow rump; _yellow_ below,
streaked with black on breast and sides; white patch on wings; broad
white band across tail, seen from below. *Myrtle Warbler. *Cape May
Warbler.
67. AMERICAN GOLDFINCH. 5-1/4 in.
(Astragalinus tristis. 529.)
Canary-yellow, with black crown, tail and wings; white wing-bars; female
olive-tinged, without pure black or yellow; in flocks; canary-like song;
also sings in its undulating flight, "per-_chic_-o-ree,
per-_chic_-o-ree." *Yellow Warbler.
68. YELLOW WARBLER. 5 in.
(Dendroica aestiva. 652.)
_Yellow all over_ shading to olive on back; orange-brown streaks on
breast; female not so yellow and less streaked; song, penetrating and
unceasing; nests in Lincoln Park. *American Goldfinch.
69. KINGBIRD. 8-1/2 in.
(Tyrannus tyrannus. 644.)
Dusky black; below white; _tail tipped with broad band of white_;
fire-red patch on crown, usually concealed; spreads its tail like a fan
when about to alight.
70. BALTIMORE ORIOLE. 7-1/2 in.
(Icterus galbula. 507.)
_Bright orange_, with black head, throat, back and wings; two white
wing-bars; female smaller, brownish-yellow and showing little black; loud
call, "co-weet', co-weet', co-weet';" song noteworthy. *Orchard Oriole.
*Scarlet Tanager.
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