Wild Birds in City Parks - Part 5
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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.

71. SUMMER TANAGER. 7-1/2 in.

(Piranga rubra. 610.)

_Vermillion all over_; _no black_; female yellowish-olive and usually near the male; very rare. *Cardinal.

72. YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. 5-1/2 in.

(Empidonax flaviventris. 463.)

Bright olive-green, with dark-brown tail and wings; yellowish wing-bars; sulphur-yellow below, _brightest between legs_ and tinged elsewhere with pale olive; yellow eye-ring; call, a soft, slow whistle, "pe'-a."

*Yellow-throated Vireo. *Least Flycatcher. *Pine Warbler.

73. BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER. 5-1/4 in.

(Dendroica blackburniae. 662.)

Black streaked with white; middle of crown, throat and sides of head, _flaming orange_; black patch behind eye; white wing-bars; female duller; usually high up among the leaves. *Prothonotary Warbler.

74. OVENBIRD. 6-1/4 in.

(Seiurus aurocapillus. 674.)

Olive-green showing yellow tinge; below pure white, thickly spotted; _orange-brown cap_ bordered with black stripes; scratches like a hen; tilts tail up and down; under shrubbery; note, "teacher" repeated rapidly with increasing emphasis. *Water-Thrushes.

75. RED-EYED VIREO. 6 in.

(Vireo olivaceus. 624.)

Olive-green; crown, slaty; white below, lightly tinged on sides; _dark line above a white one over eye_; clear, persistent song; nests in Lincoln Park. *Warbling Vireo.

76. AMERICAN REDSTART. 5-1/4 in.

(Setophaga ruticilla. 687.)

Male black, with _six flame-colored spots_; female olive, with _six yellow spots_; spreads its tail like a fan; song, "chee, chee, chee, chew."

77. CAPE MAY WARBLER. 5-1/4 in.

(Dendroica tigrina. 650.)

Yellowish-olive spotted with black on back; crown very dark; cheeks yellow with an _orange-brown ear patch_; yellow below, black streaks on breast; wing-bars; song all on one note. *Black-throated Green Warbler.

*Magnolia Warbler.

78. SCARLET TANAGER. 7-1/4 in.

(Piranga erythromelas. 608.)

_Scarlet, with black wings and tail_; female olive-green, usually near by; rather sluggish; note, "chip, chree;" song noteworthy. *Cardinal.

*Summer Tanager.

79. YELLOW-THROATED VIREO. 5-1/2 in.

(Vireo flavifrons. 628.)

Bright olive-green, shading to ashy-blue on rump; _yellow throat_ and breast, sharply defined against white belly; line around eye and to the bill, yellow; two white wing-bars; fine song. *Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.

*Blue-headed Vireo.

80. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK. 8-1/4 in.

(Zamelodia ludoviciana. 595.)

Black, including throat, with white rump and wing-patches; breast white with a brilliant rose-red blotch; lining of wings also rose-red; _large beak_; female yellowish-brown, darkly mottled, no red; sluggish; remarkable song.

81. PURPLE MARTIN. 7-1/2 in.

(Progne subis. 611.)