336 LOUISIAXA WATER-THRUSH 



note is a sharp, metallic clieep^ similar to the call 

 note of the Maryland Yellow-throat, though it is 

 louder and more piercing-. 



The Water-Thrushes have the characteristic 

 motions of the Wagtails, which are suggested by 

 their relative the Oven-bird, with his tilting tail 

 and bobbing head. As one watches them tilt up 

 and down, it seems as if it must be exceedingly 

 uncomfortable to be attached to such spring- 

 boards. 



Louisiana Water-Thrush ; Large-billed Water- 

 Thrush : Seiurus motacilla. 



Upper parts dull grayish olive ; conspicuous ichite Hue over the 

 eye ; under parts streaked except on the throat. Length, about 

 Q\ inches. 



Geographic Distribution. — Eastern United States ; breeds 

 as far north as Minnesota and Connecticut. 



The Louisiana or Large-billed Water-Thrush is 



Fig. 177. Fig. 178. 



Northern Water-Thrush. Louisiana Water-Thrush. 



to be told by tlie lack of streaks on its throat. 

 As its name suggests, it is the more southern of 



