KEY TO THE BIRDS. 



4. Above olive-brown. Buff breast and throat, deepening in colour 



on the sides, and speckled everywhere but on the centre ; 

 breast with blackish spots. Yellowish eye ring. Dark bill ; 

 feet pale brown. 



Olive-backed Thrush. See page 61. 



5. Above olive-brown, reddening on the rump and tail. Throat, 



neck, and sides of breast washed with buff and thickly sprinkled 

 arrowheads. Under parts white ; yellowish eye ring. Bill 

 blackish above, lower mandible light ; feet light brown. 



Hermit Thrush. See page 62. 



6. Long bird. Above reddish brown, beneath yellowish white, with 



brown spots on breast and sides. Very long tail ; two light 

 bars on wings. Bill black, lower mandible yellow at base ; 

 feet light. 



Brown Thrasher. See page 8O. 



7. Above dark olive-brown. Tail and wings brownish black ; several 



outer tail feathers partly or wholly white. White eye ring, 

 and line over the eye. Under parts whitish, with washes of 

 various shades of brown. Bill dark ; feet brown. A bird 

 of fields and waysides, seen in late autumn and spring. 



American Pipit. See page 87. 



8. Olive-brown above ; whitish eye ring ; two brown stripes on head, 



enclosing a dull orange crown. White below, with brownish 

 spots in the centre of breast running into streaks on the sides. 

 Brown bill ; legs and feet flesh-coloured. 



Ovenbird. See page 106. 



9. Above, including wings and tail, plain olive-brown. Under parts 



sulphur-yellow, speckled everywhere, except a space in the 

 middle of belly, with dark brown. Bill and feet dark. 



Water Thrush. See page 108. 



10. Above grayish brown, with a brown crown, and white line over 



the eye. Creamy white breast sparingly streaked with brown. 

 Peculiarly heavy dark bill ; legs light. 



Louisiana Water Thrush. See page 108. 



** Brownish birds of very small size, with slender bills. Backs 

 usually barred with browns and grays. Tails held erect. 



11. Chestnut-brown above, wings and tail barred with clear brown. 



Under parts buffy. Bill straight and dark, same length as 

 head ; feet dusky flesh colour. 



Carolina Wren. See page 82. 

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