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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



Wheatear. - ^ 3 



Upper plumage, grayish buff; uuderparts, 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 Scotia, 

 Maine, and Long Island. 



Wheatear. 

 Stone Chat. 

 Saxicola oennnthe. 

 See No. 569. 



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



tipper 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. 



