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674. Oven-bird. Sei urns aurora pi 11 us. 



Rangt'.— North America east of the Rockies, breeding from the middle por- 

 tions of the United States, north to Labrador and Alaska. Winters from the 

 Gulf States southward. 



This species is fully as often known as the Golden-crowned 

 Thrush, because of its brownish oran2:e crown bordered with 

 black. They are woodland birds exclusively and nest on the 

 ground, arching the top over with rootlets ur leaves, the nest 

 proper being made of grasses and leaf skeletons. As they are 

 concealed so effectually, the nests are usually found by flush- 

 ing the bird. The four to six eggs are white, slightly glossy 

 and spotted, blotched or wreathed with reddish brown and 

 lilac; size .80 x .(iO. Data.— Old Saybrook, Conn., June I'.l, 

 1899. Domed nest with a side entrance on the ground in woods. Collector. .1. 

 N. Clark. 

 67 5. Water-Thrush. Sei.urus novcborarcnKis. 



Range. — Eastern North America, breeding from northern United States north 

 to Hudson Bay and Newfoundland. Winters from the Gulf to South America. 



This species is uniform brownish olive above and white below, 

 streaked heavily with blackish; it has a whitish superciliary line. 

 It is known in most of the United States only as a migrant, 

 being found in moist woods or swampy places. They nest in 

 such localities in their breading range, placing their nests among 

 the cavities of rootlets and stumps, the nest being made of moss, [White, 



leaves and rootlets. Their eggs are white, profusely specked and \ 



blotched with reddish brown and lavender gray. Size .89 x .(iO. Data.— Listo- 

 well, Ontario, May 28, 1895. Nest in a turned-up root over water;made of moss, 

 grass and hair. Collector, Wm. L. Kells. This set of five is in the collection 

 of Mr. C. W. Crandall. 

 675a. Grinnell Water-Thrush. .S'. /;. notabilis. 



Range.— Western North America, migrating between the Mississippi Valley 

 and the Rockies; breeds from northern United States north to Alaska; winters 

 in the south. 



This sub-species is said to be very slightly larger, darker on the back, and 

 paler below. Their nesting habits and eggs are identical with those of the last. 

 676. Louisiana Water-Thrush. Seiurus motacilla. 



Range. — Eastern United States, breeding from the Gulf, north to southern 

 New England, Ontario and Minnesota; winters south of our borders. 



This species is similar to the last but is larger, grayer and 

 less distinctly streaked on the underparts. They nest in 

 swampy places, concealing their home in nooks among roots 

 of trees or under overhanging banks, the nest being made of 

 leaves, moss, mud, grasses, etc., making a bulky structure. 

 The eggs, which are laid in :May and numl)er from four to six, 

 are white, spotted and blotched with chestnut and neutral 

 tints. Size .76 x .62. 

 67 7. Kentucky Warbler. Geothlypis formosa. 



Range.— Eastern T'nited States, breeding from the Gulf to New \ork and 

 Michigan: winters south of the Ignited States to South America. 



These birds are common in parts of the Mississippi Valley, 

 frequenting underbrush and shrubbery. They nest on the ,^ ' •.- 



ground in open woods or on shrubby hillsides, making 

 large structures, of leaves and strips of bark, lined with 

 grasses. The eggs are white, sprinkled with dots or 

 spots of reddish brown and gray. Size .70 x .55. Data.— 

 Greene Co., Pa., May 26, 1891. 4*eggs. Nest amass of leaves, 

 lined with rootlets, placed on the ground at the hue of a smill 

 underbrush on a hillside. Collector, J. Warren Jacobs. 



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