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Adult female. Similar, duller, and sometimes with no chestnut on back. 

 Nest, in briary bushes. Eggs, four or five, white, spotted with various shades 

 of brown, chiefly in a wreath at the iargfv end. 



GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH— OVEN-BIRD. 



Centre of crown, orange brown, bordered with two black stripes; rest of the 

 upper parts, wings and tail olive green; no wing bars or tail patches; under parts 

 white, thickly spotted with dusky on breast and sides; a narrow blackish maxillary 

 line; eye ring white. 



L., 6.15; W., 3.00; T., 3.25. 



Nest, on the ground, covered in, the entrance at one side. Eggs, four or five, 

 white, speckled finely with reddish brown and lilac. 



WATER THRUSH. 



Upper parts and tail deep olivaceous brown; no wing bars or tail patches; a 

 buffy line over the eye, under parts white tinged with pale sulphur yellow and thickly 

 streaked with blackish. 



L., 6.00; W., 2.35; T., 2.15. 



Nest, on a bank or among the roots of a fallen tree. Eggs, four or five, white, 

 marked with reddish brown and lilac. 



LOUISIANA WATER THRUSH. 



A conspicuous white line over the eye ; upper parts wings and tail deep olivaceous 

 brown; no wing bars or tail patches; under parts white tinged with creamy and 

 streaked with black except on the throat and middle of belly. 



L., 6.28; W., 3.35; T., 2.15. 



Nest, on a bank or among the roots of a fallen tree. Eggs, four or five, white, 

 spotted with various shades of brown and lilac. 



CONNECTICUT WARBLER. 



Adult male. Head, neck and breast ashy gray, lighter on the throat; eye ring 

 white ; rest of upper parts, wings and tail olive green ; no wing bars or tail patches ; 

 below from the breast yellow ; sides tinged with olive green. 



Adult female. Upper parts uniform olive green; throat and breast grayish 

 brown ; below pale yellow. 



L., 5.50; W., 3.75; T., 3.00. 



Nest, on the ground. Eggs, four, creamy white, a few spots of purplish brown 

 and black about the larger end. 



MOURNING WARBLER. 



Adult male. Head and neck bluish ash, the feathers of the throat and breast 

 black margined with ash; no white eye ring; rest of upper parts, wings and tail olive 

 green ; no wing bars or tail patches ; below yellow. 



L., 5.50; W., 3.35 ;T., 3.35. 



Adult female. Similar but duller, olive green above slightly grayer on head ; 

 breast grayish ; throat whiter. 



Nest, on or near the ground. Eggs, four, white, speckled with reddish brown. 



