Olympic Games Australia and Europe). The coloured version of the rings—blue, yellow, black, green, and red—over a white field forms the Olympic flag. These colours were chosen because every nation had at least one of them on its national flag. The flag was adopted in 1914 but flown for the first time only at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. It has since been hoisted during each celebration of the Games. The Olympic motto, "Citius, Altius, Fortius", a Latin expression meaning "Faster, Higher, Stronger" was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 and has been official since 1924. The motto was
Black-and-yellow phainoptila the air, though not often. Usually found alone or pairs, forms loose flocks after breeding season. Call is a high, sharp, thin "tsit" or "tseep", suggesting a much smaller bird. Appears to not sing. The nest is a compact, bulky, cup of green moss, thin stems and fern fronds. Found 5–13 ft. (1.5–4 m) up in a dense shrup or sapling. Lays 2 spotted, greyish-white eggs. Nesting occurs from April to May. Black-and-yellow phainoptila The black-and-yellow phainoptila or black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher ("Phainoptila melanoxantha") is a species of bird in the family Ptiliogonatidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phainoptila. It is