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324 KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA, 
Wheatear, 
Upper plumage, grayish buff; underparts, pale buff; basal 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 World species which 
occurs in Greenland and Labrador. Stragglers have been taken in Nova Seotia, 
Maine, and Long Island. 
Wheatear. 
Stone Chat. 
Saxicola wenanthe. 
See No. 569. 
Group 2. . Wing, from 4.75 to 5.50 inches lone. 
Upper plumage, grayish olive; 
throat, white, streaked with 
black; rest of underparts (ex- 
cept lower belly), pale chestnut 
rufous; young birds have the 
underparts spotted. 
Robin. 
American Robin. 
Merula migratoria. 
See No. 567. 
