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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NOKTH AMERICA. 



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Throat and belly, yellow ; brrast. with more or less Mark. 



Meadow Lark. 

 Marsh Quail. 



S<>P \o. 



Group 5. Wing, 5.50 to 6.50 inches long. 



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General plumage, hlack, - 



metallic. rdlertioiM <>(' blue 

 <j reei i. purple, And !n>n/e. \vhcii 

 held in the li^ht. 



Purple Orackle. 



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