FAM. I. THBUSHE8, BLUEBIRDS, ETC. 



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A. Plumage more or less blue, rather brightly so on the tail 



9. Bluebird. 



A. Head and tail quite dark colored, almost black ; outer (under) tail 



feathers tipped with white ; breast brownish . . 6. American Robin. 



A. Tail blackish, the outer feathers tipped with white ; a dark collar 



across the breast ; western 7. Varied Thrush. 



A. Outer tail feathers white at base but broadly black tipped ; upper 



tail coverts white 8. Wheatear. 



A. Tail without white or blue ; breast spotted ; general color brownish. 

 (B.) 



B. Upper parts reddish on head, shading to olive on rump and tail 



1. Wood Thrush. 



B. Upper parts olive on head, shading to reddish on rump and tail 



5. Hermit Thrush. 



B. Upper parts from forehead to tip of tail of almost the same shade of 

 color. (C.) 



C. Upper parts reddish from head to tip of tail 



2. Wilson's Thrush. 



C. Upper parts olive throughout. (D.) 



D. Throat, breast, and ring around eye a rich creamy-buff 



4. Olive-backed Thrush. 



D. No distinct buffy eye ring, and the throat 

 and breast nearly white, with only a slight 

 buffy tinge ; a grayish blotcli in front of 

 the eye 3. Gray-cheeked Thrush. 



1. Wood Thrush (755. Turdus mus- 

 teUnus). — A large, common, brown- 

 ish-backed thrush, with white, heavily 

 spotted under parts, including the sides. 

 The crown is a bright cinnamon-brown, 

 and the back gradually changes in shade 

 to an olive-brown on the tail. It is not 

 at all confined to the woods, as its name 

 would indicate, but is often seen on 

 shaded lawns and in shrubbery. Its 

 power of song is very great, com- 

 paring well with that of any of the 

 thrushes. 



Wood Thrnsh 



Length, 8 ; wing, 4^ (4-4|) ; tail, 3 ; tarsus. 



\\; culmen, |. Eastern United States; breeding from Virginia and 

 Kansas northward, and wintering south to Central America. 



