. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 2:^0 BIRDS OF AMERICA Color.— Aboz'c uniform ijrayish-olivc, the tail slightly browner; sides of head, mostly grayish-olive, paling slightly around eyes, but not showing a distinct cyc- rincj, sides of head narrowly streaked with whitish: the upper portion of lores, dull whitish; checks buflfy- whitish, tinged with grayish-olive and streaked with a darker shade of the same; under parts, white, passing on sides and flanks into pale olive-gray; chest, varying from bufify-white to pale cream-bufif; a broad streak below cheeks of dusky along each side o
. Birds of America;. Birds -- North America. 2:^0 BIRDS OF AMERICA Color.— Aboz'c uniform ijrayish-olivc, the tail slightly browner; sides of head, mostly grayish-olive, paling slightly around eyes, but not showing a distinct cyc- rincj, sides of head narrowly streaked with whitish: the upper portion of lores, dull whitish; checks buflfy- whitish, tinged with grayish-olive and streaked with a darker shade of the same; under parts, white, passing on sides and flanks into pale olive-gray; chest, varying from bufify-white to pale cream-bufif; a broad streak below cheeks of dusky along each side of throat; chest (sometimes lower throat also) marked with triangular spots of grayish-dusky, those on lower part of chest more transverse; breast, especially laterally, with trans- verse spots of light grayish-olive; bill, dusky, the basal half below pale brownish flesh-colored; iris, dark brown. Nest and Eggs.— Nest : In low trees, from 2 to 7 feet up, occasionally on the ground; compact and large, composed of interwoven dry grasses, leaves, strips of fine bark; lined with fine dried grass; often dried moss enters largely into its composition. Eggs : 3 or 4 (usually the latter number), greenish-blue, speckled with spots of rusty and yellowish-brown. Distribution.—Eastern and northern North America ; lireeding from Newfoundland (Canada Bay). Magdalen Islands(?). Labrador, Ungava, and Keewatin, to Mac- kenzie, Alaska (except portion south and east of Cross Sound), and northeastern Siberia; migrating south- ward through eastern United States (west to eastern Montana) to Cuba, Santo Domingo, Panama, and northern South America. The annual northward concert tour of this sweet singer may extend from Peru to Alasl<a. This you may learn by consulting his itinerary I)ird " hovered in the air fifty feet or more above the moor and repeated its song three times very ; The English Skylark is famous for. GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH (! nat. size) In Alaska he may be heard s
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