FIELD KEY TO THE LAND BIRDS. breast
buff
belly white, spotted with Ijlaek
51
sides
brownish gray.
153. paUasii.
HERMIT THRUSH.
— Length,
7 inclies.
Tardus aonalaschkae Upperparts brown tail
red-brown underparts Avhite with Ijlack spots sides brownish gray. The similarity of our thrushes in size, color, and markings makes it advisable to draw the observer's bi'ight
attention to
some
easily recognizable points.
Upperparts red-brown underparts spotted with the same color. 150, Wilson's Thrush. Red-brown on head sliading to dark bi'own towards the tail underparts with round black spots. 149, Wood Thrush. Red-brown on tail shading to dark brown towards the head; underparts with triangular and roundish black spots. 153, Hermit Thrush. Upperparts uniform dark brown, white around the eye and throat. 151, Gray-cheeked Thrush. Upperparts uniform dark brown, buff around the 152, Olive-backed Thrush. eye and throat.
154.
AMERICAN ROBIN.
— Length,
Merula minratoria.
Head and
tail black, with a few white spots around the eye; back slate gray; underparts reddish chestnut; throat and belly white. Young similar, but with less red, black spots on breast, and roundish white spots on neck and back. Though found abundantly in gardens of viUages and suburbs, and rarely in the deep woods, the Robin is often seen at home on hillsides, far from human
10 inches.
habitations, provided there is a chance of a huckleberry crop, and small cedars or pines are at hand for nesting. When he arrives in the spring he surveys his grounds, auvl if he finds a few cherry trees, a strawberry bed, a lawn, and an evergreen tree in close
neighborhood, he is suited to a dot. Should there be no tree where he can be safe from the house-cat, he may build in a woodpile or grape-vine trellis. He does not care for the grapes, however, as by the time
