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us until the latter part of September. Latest record at St. 

 Louis, September 23, 1890. 



*674. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). Oven-bird. 



Turdus aurocapilla. Siurus aurocapUlm. Golden-crowned Thrush. Teacher. 



Geog. Dist.— Eastern North America, north to Newfound- 

 land, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Hudson Bay, Alaska; west to Colo- 

 rado, Montana and British Columbia. Breeds from Virginia, 

 southern Missouri and Kansas northward. Winters from the 

 Gulf coast and the Bahamas through the West Indies and 

 Mexico to Central America. 



In Missouri a common summer resident, more abundant during 

 migration. It is found oftener in the rich woods of the Ozark 

 border and the bluff region along rivers than on the dry hills of 

 the Ozarks and is rare in the southeast. Like the Towhee, 

 Blue-winged and Worm-eating Warblers, Black and White 

 Creeper, and other ground builders, the Oven-bird has entirely 

 disappeared from wood-patches used for pasturing hogs, and is 

 therefore rare in large districts where it was common formerly. 

 Its arrival in spring takes place about April 10 in southern 

 Missouri, about April 14 in east-central, and a week later in 

 western Missouri. April 12, 1887; 12,1904; 13, 1888, are the 

 first dates for St. Louis, where during the last week of April 

 the woods are fairly ringing with its song. At this period the 

 number of Oven-birds is increased by hosts of north-going indi- 

 viduals, and during the last few days of April or first of May, 

 the first have reached our northern border (Keokuk, April 27 

 to May 2; Fort Leavenworth, May 4, 1843, Audubon). The 

 return of transients is noticeable in September, making the species 

 conspicuous for a considerable time, but particularly from the 

 14 to the 24, when it becomes scarcer and disappears entirely 

 during the first week of October. After being silent for about 

 six weeks its song is again heard in the last week of August 

 and first of September when it ceases. 



675. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). Water Thrush. 



67f)a. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis (Ridgw.). Grin- 

 nell's Water Thrush. 



Siurits naevius. Seiurus naevius. Turdus noveboracensis. Turdus aquati- 

 cus. Small-billed Waterthrush. 



Geog. Dist. of noveboracensis.— Eastern North America, north 

 to Newfoundland, coast of Labrador and Hudson Bay; breed- 



