Wild Birds in City Parks / Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago

by Herbert Eugene Walter; Alice Hall Walter

(Dendroica æstiva. 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.)