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KEY TO THE BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



^Vtieatear. 



Upper plumage, grayish buff; uuderparts, pale buft ; basal two thirds of tail 

 feathers, except middle pair, white ; the rest, black ; upper tail coverts, white ; 

 tail, under three inches long. The Wlieatear is an Old World species which 

 occurs in Greenland and Labrador. Stragglers have been taken in Nova Scotia, 

 Maine, and I-ong Island. 



Wheatear. 

 Stone Chat. 

 Saxicola cptianthc. 

 See No. .iG9. 



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



Upper plumage, grayisli olive ; 

 throat, white, streaked with 

 black ; rest oC underparts (ex- 

 cept lower belly), pale chestnut 

 rufous ; young birds have the 

 underparts spotted. 



Robin. 

 American Robin. 



Mernia migraluria. 

 See No. 567. 



