olive-brown

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Male and Female — Olive-brown and gray above, much streaked and   striped with very dark brown everywhere.

From Bird Neighbors by Blanchan, Neltje

Female — Olive-brown above, shading into yellow on breast, and   paler under parts.

From Bird Neighbors by Blanchan, Neltje

Female — Olive-brown, and yellow where the male is orange.

From Bird Neighbors by Blanchan, Neltje

Olive-brown: crown of the head and body beneath yellowish; temples and ear-feathers black; throat and lengthened feathers behind the ears yellow.

From Zoological Illustrations, Volume I or Original Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, or Interesting Animals by Swainson, William

Olive-brown; tail reddish-brown; below dull white tinged with buff and thickly spotted across the breast; shy, hiding in bushes; famous for its song but silent during migration.

From Wild Birds in City Parks Being hints on identifying 145 birds, prepared primarily for the spring migration in Lincoln Park, Chicago by Walter, Alice Hall