64 HOW TO NAME THE BIRDS 



NEUTRAL LIST. 



Nos. 149-155; Showing neither Black, Yellow, Blue, nor 



Red. 



(All but the last three have breast dark-spotted.') 



149. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH: ARCTIC OR ALICE'S 



THRUSH. 



Brownish-olive White, dark-spotted. 



7^-8. Below, no buff tinge ; breast, dark-spotted. 



Doubtful if it breeds even on northern edge ; nest, clumsy, on 

 ground ; eggs, early June, 3-4, light greenish-blue, thickly spotted; 

 song said to be different from that of all other thrushes ; possibly a 

 variety of the " olive-backed," 



150. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. 



Brownish-olive Whitish, dark-spotted. 



7-7 >^. Buff eye-ring ; above, dull olive ; below, whitish; 

 breast, buff-tinged and thickly spotted. 



Breeds on northern edge and occasionally in higher mts. of Pa. ; 

 nest, bulky, without mud, within few feet of ground ; eggs, early 

 June, 3-4, light greenish, variously spotted ; ordinary singer, 



151. HERMIT THRUSH. 



Soft brownish-olive Buff-white, spotted. 



l-lYz' Yellowish eye-ring ; above, dusky olive, becomijtg 

 tawny on rump and tail ; below, white ; breast, buff- tinged 

 and strongly spotted. 



Breeds on northern edge and occasionally in higher mts. of Pa. ; 

 nest, rather coarse and large, without mud, generally on ground ; 

 eggs, early June, 3-4, light greenish-blue ; winters in S, Pa. and 

 N. J. ; the gem of thrushes. 



