. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . gs there is much flame color. It is somewhat smallerthan the English sparrow; hence you will find it by the aidof the Key on page 356. (As it is sometimes nearly as large as EEY rO BIRDS IX THE FIELD 356 a small English sparrow, it is given also in the Key on page 359.)Read the three statements following the stars. Though yourbird is a peculiarlylively one, and is oftenseen flying from twigto twig, floating down-Avard and darting up-ward, you concludethat it can hardly
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains; a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush . gs there is much flame color. It is somewhat smallerthan the English sparrow; hence you will find it by the aidof the Key on page 356. (As it is sometimes nearly as large as EEY rO BIRDS IX THE FIELD 356 a small English sparrow, it is given also in the Key on page 359.)Read the three statements following the stars. Though yourbird is a peculiarlylively one, and is oftenseen flying from twigto twig, floating down-Avard and darting up-ward, you concludethat it can hardly beconsidered as generallyon the wing, and asit does not show creep-ing habits on thetrunks and largerlimbs, you search forit under the third star, where, in parenthesis, you are directed to read the statementsfollowing the As, of which there . are four. Reading thesecarefully, you find that the second is most satisfactory, andyou turn to the Ks. Here there are five statements, and thefirst is seemingly right. The name Redstart is given, withthe direction to turn to page 96, where a description of yourbird will be GENERAL KEY TO BIRDS IN THE FIELDLAND BIRDS This Key includes a few Water Birds which occasionally donot show their water habits. For the general Key to WaterBirds, see page 371. In the Ke3^s of this section (Part III.) no general attempthas been made to include any but male birds in good plumage,as the introduction of the female and young forms would haveincreased the number of divisions of the Keys to such an ex-tent as to render them too difficult for the use of rarer species are omitted for the same reason. 356 THE STUDY OF BIEDS IN THE FIELD * Owls. Mainly night-flying birds, of loose plumage and large heads ; they have their eyes in a facial disk, and so look forward instead ofsideways Key, p. 3G9. * Hawks, Vultures, Kites, and Eagles. Generally large birds, with very hooked bills. Tliese birds in most cases take an erect position inperching
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