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Adults : Above light tawny-brown ; below, white ; 

 chest buffy, marked with small spots or streaks of 

 brownish, sides brownish or grayish. 



244. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



Length about 7J inches, tail about 3 inches long. 

 Adults: Above, olive-brown, sides of head grayish ; 

 below, white, with chest pale-buffy-white, marked 

 with large triangular spots of dusky. 



245. Olive-backed Thrush. 



Length about 7 inches, tail about 3 inches long. 

 Above, olivaceous ; below, white, chest yellowish- 

 buffy, marked with large triangular dusky spots. 



246. Herm.it Thrush. 



Length about 6J inches, tail about 3 inches long. 

 Adults: Above, olive-brownish, shading into rufous 

 on rump and tail ; below, white, shaded with olive 

 on sides; sides of head, neck and breast tinged 

 with buff; throat and breast marked with 'dusky 

 spots. 



247. American Robin. 



Length about 9J inches, tail about 4J inches 

 long. Adults: Above, slaty; head, neck, wings* 

 and tail blackish ; outer pair of tail-feathers tipped 

 with white ; below, reddish-brown ; throat white,, 



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