198 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTILTIDAE. 



Swampy woods and borders of streams; nests on the ground or 

 among tree roots. 



Me. — Common migrant and in northern part a less common 

 local summer resident. (April 28) May 6-Sept. 25. Eggs, May 

 28-June 23. 



N. H. — Common migrant and less common summer resident, 

 local at lower elevations south of White Mts. (April 30) May 3- 

 Sept. 26. 



Vt. — Common migrant, and mainly in northern part, a less com- 

 mon summer resident. 



Mass. — Common migrant and rare local summer resident 

 (near Boston, Lancaster). (April 25) May 2-June 5; summer; 

 Aug. 1-Oct. 16. Eggs, May 21. 



R. I. — Common migrant and rare local summer resident (Wash- 

 ington Co.). May 7-(summer); Aug. 12-Sept. 15. Eggs, May 

 19, 20. 



Conn. — Common migrant. (May 1) INIay 5-27; Aug.-Oct. 18. 



363. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis (Ridgway) Ridgway. 



Griimell's water-thrush. 



Siurns naevius notabilis Ridgw., Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 1880, 

 vol. 3, p. 12. "Black Hills, Wyoming." 



Vicinity of streams; nests on or near the ground. 



Conn. — Rare migrant: East Haven, Sept. 21, 1904; Hamden, 

 Sept. 7, 1904; Orange, INIay 20, 1905 (Bishop). 



364. Seiurus motacilla (Vieillot) Bonaparte. 

 Louisiana water-thrush; Large-billed water-thrush. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1902, pt. 2, p. 639. 



T^irdus motacilla \'ieill., Hist. nat. ois. Amer. Sept., 1807, vol. 2, 

 p. 9, pi. 65. "Kentucky." 



Turdus hidoincianu^ Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1831, vol. 1, p. 

 99, pi. 19. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, fig. 8. 



