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A YEAR WITH THE BIRDS 
Above taivny-brozvn, deepest on head ; whitish eye ring. Sides of 
throat light buff, middle of throat, breast, and belly white, sprin- 
kled on the sides with heart-shaped dark brown spots. Bill dark 
brown; feet flesh-colored. S. R. 
Wood Thrush. See page 44. 
Above evenly tawny. Throat buff, flecked on sides with fine arrow- 
shaped brown spots. Under parts white; no eye ring; feet light. 
S. R. 
Veery — Wilson’s Thrush. See page 45. 
Long bird. Reddish brown above; beneath, yellowish white, spotted 
with brown on breast and sides. Two light bars on wings. Very 
long tail. Feet light colored. 
Brown Thrasher. See page 58. 
Olive-brown above; whitish eye ring; two brown stripes on head, en- 
closing dull orange crown. White below, with brownish spots 
in center of breast, running into streaks on the sides. Brown feet. 
Ovenbird. See page 64. 
Dark brown above, minutely barred with blackish. Under parts gray, 
with brownish wash and faint bandings. Fairly long tail. Bill 
black above, lower mandible light; feet brown. S. R. 
House Wren. See page 59. 
Color similar to last species, except the under parts, which are rusty 
and dimly, but finely, barred with dark. Tail and bill short; 
the latter dark and slender. W. R. 
Winter Wren. See page 60. 
Above brown. Crown and part of back streaked with black and white. 
White beneath, washed with rusty across breast and along sides. 
Wings and tail barred. Very short bill. S. R. 
Short-billed Marsh Wren. See page 61. 
Above clear brown, whitish line over eye, neck and back streaked spar- 
ingly with white. Wings and tail brown; the latter barred. Bill 
nearly as long as head. 
Long-billed Marsh Wren. See page 61. 
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS, WITH STOUT BILLS. GENERAL PLUMAGE BROWN, GRAY, 
OR RUSTY, MUCH STREAKED AND SPOTTED, AND OCCASIONALLY 
WASHED WITH REDDISH PURPLE. ONE SPECIES HAS A WHITE 
THROAT AND ONE A WHITE CROWN 
Sparrows. See page 76. 
BIRDS WITH SOFT, QUAKER-COLORED PLUMAGE OF BROWNS AND DRABS; 
NOT BARRED, STRIPED, OR SPOTTED 
Crested; short, blunt, broad, black bill 
Black frontlet. Crest, breast, throat, wings, and tail purplish ash. Sec- 
ondary wing quills tipped with waxy red points. Tail feathers 
banded with yellow, and sometimes tipped with red, like the 
wings. 
Cedar Wax wing. See page 69, 
