10 Inches or more Between 6 and 10 Inches Less than 6 Inches
BRIGHT COLORS
A1 [1], [22]. ... [38], [66], [100], [104].
A2 [3], [43], [45]. [13], [40], [80]. [76], [89], [98].
A3 [5]. [112]. [49], [56], [66], [68], [73], [77], [104].
A4 [1], [5], [43]. [112]. [38], [56], [66], [73], [76], [77], [89], [98], [104].
A5 ... [7], [44]. [21], [47], [54], [83], [84], [86], [90], [93], [94], [95], [97], [113].
A6 [3]. [7], [15], [27], [31], [41], [57], [71], [78], [87]. ...
A7 [111]. [27], [41], [61], [70], [82], [92]. [53], [65], [67], [79], [84], [90], [93], [95], [97], [101], [105], [113].
A8 [111]. [15], [27], [57], [70], [78], [87], [92]. [67], [83], [101].
IRIDESCENT
B1 [9], [35]. [11], [24], [30], [44], [81]. [107].
DULL COLORS
C1 [35], [58]. [2], [4], [52], [69], [87]. [17], [20], [28], [72], [83].
C2 [103], [109], [111]. [11], [14], [24], [31], [75], [78], [81], [91]. [28], [59], [63], [67], [85], [94], [96]
NO MARKINGS
D1 [6]. [11], [14], [24], [71], [81]. [59], [65], [85], [94].
STREAKED BARRED OR SPOTTED ON BREAST BACK OR BOTH
E1 [18], [33], [43]. [10], [13], [23], [27], [37], [40], [80], [92], [99], [108]. [8], [36], [46], [50], [55], [77], [102], [106].
E2 [43], [45]. [13], [26], [60], [62], [64], [74], [110]. [51], [104].
E3 [33]. [42], [81]. [49], [68], [104].
E4 [5]. [12], [16], [29], [32], [48], [112], [114]. [19], [25], [34], [39], [88].
E5 ... [80]. [38], [56], [66], [73], [76], [77], [89], [98], [100].
HOOD
F1 [111]. [11], [57], [70], [87]. [95], [101].
UNDER PARTS
G1 [103], [109]. [16], [29], [30], [48], [69], [75]. [19], [21], [34], [85].
G2 [1], [58]. [2], [14], [24], [70], [87], [91]. [17], [20], [25], [28], [39], [47], [63], [88], [96].
G3 [3], [5]. [7], [44], [82], [112]. [53], [65], [79], [84], [95], [101], [105].
G4 ... [4], [15], [61], [82]. [79], [83], [97], [113].
G5 ... [23]. [38], [66], [73], [98], [100], [102], [104].
G6 [43]. [62], [64]. [50].
G7 [22]. [4], [15], [99], [108]. [56], [83], [89], [90], [100], [101], [106].
G8 [5], [18]. [10], [12], [23], [32], [80], [112]. [76], [93], [97], [107].
G9 ... [23], [40], [60], [114]. [25], [36], [49], [53], [54], [72], [86], [106].
BILL
H1 [33], [43], [45], [103], [109]. [2]. [19], [88], [107]
H2 ... [11], [31], [40], [80]. [67].
H3 [18]. [16], [23], [29], [57], [114]. ...
HEAD
I1 [1], [22]. [31], [41], [61], [69]. [28].
I2 ... [32], [48], [74]. [17], [55].
I3 ... [52], [114]. [20], [21], [67], [89], [102], [105].
I4 ... [12]. [25], [34], [38], [49], [54], [93], [98].
I5 ... [31], [41]. [39], [47], [65], [89].
I6 [5]. [2], [16], [29], [32], [62], [82], [112]. [47], [51], [53], [56], [66], [77], [79], [88].
I7 [111]. [24], [75]. [8], [96], [100].
I8 ... [60]. [20], [65], [72], [79], [84], [86], [101], [113].
I9 [35], [43]. [110], [114]. [20], [49], [50], [73], [77], [89], [93], [100], [102].
WINGS
J1 ... [30], [44], [81], [99], [108]. [59].
J2 [45]. [12], [48], [70], [87], [91]. [19], [28], [53], [56], [63], [67], [72], [79], [86], [89], [90], [98], [100], [102].
J3 [58], [111]. [2], [15], [27], [57], [80], [108]. [66], [76], [83], [93].
BACK
K1 [5]. [10], [37], [40], [80], [92], [99], [108]. [8], [50], [55], [106].
K2 ... [32]. [19], [54], [58], [73], [77], [102].
K3 ... [12], [48], [112]. [25], [39].
K4 [18], [43]. [114]. [36], [46].
K5 ... [16], [23], [29]. ...
K6 [3], [6], [9], [35], [109]. [4], [7], [11], [14], [26], [42], [60], [62], [64], [74], [75], [81], [82], [110]. [20], [51], [54], [59], [65], [84], [85], [96], [97], [101], [104], [105], [113].
K7 [18], [33]. [80]. [38], [66], [77], [88].
K8 [18]. [16], [23], [29], [114]. [50], [88], [90].
TAIL
L1 [3], [5], [22], [58], [103]. [2], [4], [15], [29], [37]. [38], [47], [49], [53], [56], [76], [89], [100].
L2 [1], [35]. [13], [26], [41], [61], [69]. ...
L3 [1], [33], [43]. [16], [23], [114]. [36], [46], [66], [88].
L4 [9], [35], [45], [103], [109]. [44]. [19], [47].
L5 ... ... [21], [36], [54], [59], [107].
L6 [35]. ... [8], [50].
L7 [18]. [16], [23], [29], [57], [62], [74], [114]. [19], [49], [51].

Glossary.

Barred—Marked with transverse lines. Bib—Whole throat, with upper breast of same color, sharply defined. Cap—Entire top of head defined by an oval patch of distinct and contrasting color. Crest—A tuft of feathers carried erect on top or back of head. Crown-patch—Smaller and less sharply defined than cap. Hood—Whole head and neck all around of same color. Mask—Forehead, together with broad stripe through eye, of same color. Mottled—Colors and markings blended in no distinct patterns. Patch—An oddly-shaped and conspicuous mark, never round. Rump—The extreme lower portion of the back next the tail (easily seen in flight). Spotted—Marked with nearly round spots or one irregular spot. Streaked—Marked with longitudinal lines or streaks. Variegated—Showing a variety of colors and markings. Wing-Bar—A line, usually white, running obliquely across wing.

Supplementary List.

Note.—Owing to the impossibility of determining what additional species are most likely to stray into a city park, the following list has been made to include certain species known to occur in Cook County, Illinois, some of which are of common occurrence in the vicinity of Chicago but have not yet been seen in Lincoln Park by the authors:

Red-throated Loon (Gavin lumme. 11.) Glaucous Gull. (Larus glaucus. 42.) Franklin Gull. (Larus franklinii. 59.) Forster Tern. (Sterna forsteri. 69.) Black Tern. (Hydrochelidon nigra surinamensis. 77.) Shoveller. (Spatula clypeata. 142.) American Scaup Duck. (Aythya marila. 148.) Ring-necked Duck. (Aythya collaris. 150.) Great Blue Heron. (Ardea herodias. 194.) Black-crowned Night Heron. (Nycticorax nycticorax nævius. 202.) King Rail (Rallus elegans. 208.) Virginia Rail. (Rallus virginianus. 212.) Wilson Snipe. (Gallinago delicata. 230.) Pectoral Sandpiper. (Actrodramas maculata. 239.) Least Sandpiper. (Actrodramas minutilla. 242.) Greater Yellow-legs. (Totanus melanoleucus. 254.) Yellow-legs. (Totanus flavipes. 255.) Bartramian Sandpiper. (Bartramia longicauda. 261.) Black-bellied Plover. (Squatarola squatarola. 270.) American Golden Plover. (Charadrius dominicus. 272.) Sharp-shinned Hawk. (Accipiter velox. 332.) Cooper Hawk. (Accipiter cooperi. 333.) Red-tailed Hawk. (Buteo borealis. 337.) Red-shouldered Hawk. (Buteo lineatus. 339.) Broad-winged Hawk. (Buteo platypterus. 343.) American Rough-legged Hawk. (Archibuteo lagopus sancti-johannis. 347a.) Pigeon Hawk. (Falco columbarius. 357.) Short-eared Owl. (Asio accipitrinus. 367.) Barred Owl. (Syrnium varium. 368.) Saw-whet Owl. (Nyctala acadia. 372.) Screech Owl. (Megascops asio. 373.) Acadian Flycatcher. (Empidonax virescens. 465.) Traill Flycatcher. (Empidonax traillii. 466.) Prairie Horned Lark. (Otocoris alpestris praticola. 474b.) Evening Grosbeak. (Hesperiphona vespertina. 514.) Redpoll. (Acanthis linaria. 528.) Snowflake. (Passerina nivalis. 534.) Lapland Longspur. (Calcarius lapponicus. 536.) Grasshopper Sparrow. (Coturniculus savannarum passerinus. 546.) Eave Swallow. (Petrochelidon lunifrons. 612.) Bank Swallow. (Riparia riparia. 616.) Northern Shrike. (Lanius borealis. 621.) White-rumped Shrike. (Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides. 622a.) Philadelphia Vireo. (Vireo philadelphicus. 626.) White-eyed Vireo. (Vireo noveboracensis. 631.) Blue-winged Warbler. (Helminthophila pinus. 641.) Orange-crowned Warbler. (Helminthophila celata. 646.) Water-Thrush. (Seiurus noveboracensis. 675.) American Pipit. (Anthus pensilvanicus. 697.) Short-billed Marsh Wren. (Cistothorus stellaris. 724.) Tufted Titmouse. (Bæolophus bicolor. 731.)

Index of Common Names.

A · [B] · [C] · [D] · E · [F] · [G] · [H] · I · [J] · [K] · [L] · [M] · [N] · [O] · [P] · Q · [R] · [S] · [T] · U · [V] · [W] · X · [Y] · [a]Z]

Page [Bittern, American,] 50 [Least,] 50 [Blackbird, Red-winged,] 16 [Rusty,] 15 [Yellow-headed,] 31 [Bluebird,] 12 [Bobolink,] 27 [Buffle-head,] 49 [Bunting, Indigo,] 28 [Cardinal,] 16 [Catbird,] 20 [Chat, Yellow-breasted,] 26 [Chickadee,] 14 [Coot, American,] 51 [Cowbird,] 13 [Creeper, Black and White,] 21 [Brown,] 14 [Crow,] 12 [Cuckoo, Black-billed,] 30 [Yellow-billed,] 29 [Dickcissel,] 31 [Dove, Mourning,] 17 [Duck, Lesser Scaup,] 49 [Wood,] 48 [Finch, Purple,] 18 [Flicker,] 14 [Flycatcher, Great-crested,] 22 [Least,] 22 [Yellow-bellied,] 24 [Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray,] 19 [Golden-eye, American,] 49 [Goldfinch, American,] 23 [Goose, Canada,] 50 [Grackle, Bronzed,] 12 [Grebe, Horned,] 44 [Pied-billed,] 44 [Grosbeak, Rose-breasted,] 25 [Gull, American Herring,] 45 [Bonaparte,] 45 [Ring-billed,] 45 [Hawk, American Sparrow,] 18 [Marsh,] 17 [Heron, Green,] 50 [Hummingbird, Ruby-throated,] 30 [Jay, Blue,] 11 [Junco,] 12 [Killdeer,] 52 [Kingbird,] 23 [Kingfisher, Belted,] 15 [Kinglet, Golden-crowned,] 14 [Ruby-crowned,] 16 [Loon,] 44 [Mallard,] 47 [Martin, Purple,] 25 [Meadowlark,] 12 [Merganser, American,] 46 [Hooded,] 46 [Red-breasted,] 46 [Mockingbird,] 21 [Nighthawk,] 30 [Nuthatch, Red-breasted,] 20 [White-breasted,] 15 [Old-squaw,] 49 [Oriole, Baltimore,] 23 [Orchard,] 27 [Ovenbird,] 24 [Pewee, Wood,] 27 [Phoebe,] 13 [Pintail,] 48 [Redhead,] 48 [Redstart, American,] 24 [Robin,] 11 [Sandpiper, Semi-palmated,] 51 [Solitary,] 52 [Spotted,] 52 [Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied,] 15 [Shrike, Loggerhead,] 11 [Sora,] 51 [Sparrow, Chipping,] 17 [Field,] 15 [Fox,] 13 [Henslow,] 20 [Lincoln,] 30 [Savanna,] 12 [Song,] 13 [Swamp,] 18 [Tree,] 13 [Vesper,] 17 [White-crowned,] 19 [White-throated,] 16 [Swallow, Barn,] 18 [Tree,] 16 [Swift, Chimney,] 21 [Tanager, Scarlet,] 25 [Summer,] 23 [Teal, Blue-winged,] 47 [Green-winged,] 47 [Tern, Common,] 45 [Thrasher, Brown,] 19 [Thrush, Gray-cheeked,] 31 [Hermit,] 15 [Olive-backed,] 21 [Wilson,] 18 [Wood,] 22 [Towhee,] 13 [Vireo, Blue-headed,] 26 [Red-eyed,] 24 [Warbling,] 26 [Yellow-throated,] 25 [Warbler, Bay-breasted,] 27 [Blackburnian,] 24 [Black-poll,] 29 [Black-throated Blue,] 26 [Black-throated Green,] 21 [Blue Golden-winged,] 28 [Canadian,] 30 [Cape May,] 25 [Cerulean,] 29 [Chestnut-sided,] 28 [Connecticut,] 31 [Hooded,] 29 [Magnolia,] 23 [Mourning,] 28 [Myrtle,] 17 [Nashville,] 26 [Palm,] 19 [Parula,] 27 [Pine,] 20 [Prothonotary,] 28 [Tennessee,] 28 [Wilson Black-cap,] 30 [Yellow,] 23 [Water-Thrush, Grinnell,] 20 [Louisiana,] 22 [Waxwing, Cedar,] 18 [Whip-poor-will,] 29 [Woodcock, American,] 51 [Woodpecker, Downy,] 14 [Hairy,] 16 [Red-bellied,] 31 [Red-headed,] 21 [Wren, House,] 19 [Long-billed Marsh,] 27 [Winter,] 17 [Yellow-throat, Western,] 22

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