Wild Birds in City Parks / Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago

by Herbert Eugene Walter; Alice Hall Walter

(Mimus polyglottus. 703.)

Ashy-gray, wings and tail darker; whitish below; wing shows white patch; outer tail-feathers white; famous for its song. [Loggerhead Shrike.] [Cuckoos.] [Catbird.]

59. CHIMNEY SWIFT. 5-1/4 in.

(Chætura pelagica. 423.)

Dark sooty-gray; bob-tail; long, pointed wings, which often vibrate rapidly in flight; twittering note; never seen perching like other birds. [Swallows.]

60. OLIVE-BACKED THRUSH. 7-1/4 in.

(Hylocichla ustulata. 758a.)

Uniform dark olive; below white, darker on sides; cheeks, throat, breast and ring about eye, buff; spotted on breast; noteworthy song. [Gray-cheeked Thrush.] [Hermit Thrush.] [Wilson Thrush.]

61. GREAT-CRESTED FLYCATCHER. 9 in.

(Myiarchus crinitus. 452.)