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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Wheatear, 



Upper pkiniage, grayish hutV; uiitlerparts, pale buft; hasal two thirds of tail 

 feathers, except middle pair, white; the rest, black; upper tail coverts, white; 

 tail, under three inches long. The Wheatear is an Old AVorld species which 

 occurs hi Greenland and Labrador. Stragglers have been taken in Nova Scotia, 

 Maine, and Long Island. 



Wheatear. 

 Stone Chat. 

 Saxicola (yvanthe. 

 See No. 5G9. 



Group 2. Wing, from 4.75 to 5.50 inches long. 



Upper plumage, grayish olive; 

 throat, white, streaked with 

 black ; rest of underparts (ex- 

 cept lower 1)elly), pale chestnut 

 rufous ; young birds have the 

 underparts spotted. 



Robin. 

 American Robin. 



Merula migratoria. 

 See No. 567. 



