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KEV AND DESCIUPTION 



6. American Robin (761. Mh-ula migratbria). — A very com- 

 mon, laigi', red- or brown-breasted, slate-coloi-ed bird, with 

 white on the throat, lower belly, and tips of the outer (under) 



tail feathers. The 

 head and tail are 

 much blacker than 

 the back. The breast 

 is unspotted except 

 in very yoiing birds. 

 The roV)in is a noisy 

 bird, but with less 

 powers of song than 

 any other of the 

 American Robin thrushes. 



Lonstli, 10; wing, 5', (4J-51) ; tail, 4 J ; tarsu-s, 1| ; culnien, J. Ea.stern 

 North America ; breeding from Virginia northward, and wintering irregu- 

 larly from Canada southward. 



7. Varied Thrush (TCi'i. IlfspprocU'hla nd'ria). — A large slaty- 

 backed bird with much orange-brown below and on the wings, 

 and a dark collar across the breast. The tail is blackish, 

 and tlie outer (uniler) 

 feathers l)r<)adly tip- 

 ped with white. This 

 bird is about the size 

 of the robin, belongs 

 to the Pacific coast, 

 but has been seen a 

 few times in the 

 Eastern States (New 

 Jersey, Xew York, 

 Massachusetts, etc.). 



(Oregon Robin.) 



Varied Thrush 



8. Wheatear (765. 



Saxirola ii'iidntlie). — A small, northern, light-graj^-backed, 

 whitish-bellied bird, with black cheeks and wings. The fore- 



