A SILVER-TONGUED FAMILY 115 



" Rap, my boy, look at each one and see if you can 

 remember some of the differences between them. Now 

 shut your eyes and think. 



" What has the Bluebird ? " 



" A blue back and a red and Avhite breast ; it is the 

 flag bird." 



^'The Robin?" 



"A brick-red breast and dark back." 



" The Wood Thrush ? " 



" A rusty-brown back, the brightest on the head, and 

 a little greenish on the tail." 



" The Yeery ? " 



" An even light-brown back, the same from head to 

 tail." 



"The Hermit?" 



"A greenish-brown back, much redder on the rump 

 and tail, like a chestnut." 



" The Olive-back ? " 



"An even greenish-brown back, the color of olives 

 all over." 



" And the under parts of the last four — what gen- 

 eral color are they ? " 



" From white to buff, with different sized and shaped 

 dark markings. The spots on the Wood Thrush are 

 the roundest and blackest ; those on the Veery are the 

 smallest, lightest, and most on the throat ; on the 

 Hermit they are longer and run together more like 

 stripes; and those on the Olive-back are most like the 

 Hermit's." 



The Olive-backed Thrush 



Length about seven inches — the same as the Hermit. 

 Upper parts an even olive color all over. 



