Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



697. \ v \ 



674. Oven-bird {Seiurus durocapillus). L. 6.1. 



Ads. No Wing-bars; no white in tail; above brownish 

 olive-green; crown orange-brown bordered by black; 

 below white streaked with black. Notes. Call, a 

 weak cheep; song, a crescendo teacher repeated about 

 five times; also a wild, ecstatic flight song. 



Range. — Eastern North America, west to the Rockies; breeds from 

 Virginia and Kansas north to Labrador and northwest to Alaska: win- 

 ters from Florida south to West Indies and Central America. (Said to 

 breed In Bahamas.) 



675. Water-Thrush (Seiurus noveboracensis). L. 



6; W. 3. A whitish line over eye; above olive; below 

 pale sulphur yellow heavily streaked with blackish; 

 throat spotted; no wing-bars or tail-patches. Notes. 

 Call, a sharp chink; song, a high-pitched, liquid 

 whistle, street, sweet, sweet, chu-chu-wee chu. (Jones.) 

 Also a flight song. 



Range. — Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Eng- 

 land and northern Illinois, north to Newfoundland and Hudson Bay, 

 and south along the Alleghanies to West Virginia; winters from Flor- 

 ida to northern South America. 



675a. Grinnell Water-Thrush (5. n. notabilis). 



Similar to No. 675, but larger, W. 3.1; upperparts 

 darker, less olive; underparts less yellow. 



Range. — Western North America; breeds from Minnesota, western 

 Nebraska, and probably more northern Rocky Mountain district of 

 United States, north to Alaska; winters from southern United 

 States southward; in migration east to Mississippi valley, rarely to 

 Atlantic States from New Jersey southward. 



67 6. Louisiana Water-Thrush {Seiurus motacilla). 

 L. 6.2. Ads. A white line over eye; above grayish 

 olive; below buffy white; breast and sides streaked; no 

 spots on throat; no wing-bars or tail-patches. Notes. 

 Call, a sharp, metallic chink; song, a sudden outburst 

 of loud wild, ringing notes; also a flight song. 



Range.— Eastern United States; breeds from Gulf States to 

 Connecticut, lower Hudson Valley, and Minnesota; winters in tropics. 



697. American P\p\t:T\t\ark(Anthuspensilvantcus). 



L.6.4. Hind toe-nail much the longest. Ads. Outer 

 tail-feather largely white; next one only tipped with 

 white; upperparts grayish brown indistinctly streaked; 

 underparts rich buff, breast and sides streaked with 

 blackish. Yng. and Ads. in Winter. Less gray above, 

 paler below. Notes. Call, a soft dee-dee usually utter- 

 ed in flight; a flight song. 



Range. — North America breeding In Arctic regions and in the high- 

 er parts of the Rockies from Colorado northward (also on Mt. 

 Shasta?); winters from southern California, Nevada and Gulf States 

 south through Mexico to Central America. 



700. Sprague Pipit (Authns spraguei). L. 6.2. 

 Hind toe-nail much lengthened; two outer tail-feathers 

 largely white. Ads. Above streaked with buff and 

 blackish brown; below white tinged with buff; breast 

 streaked. In winter, similar, but less brown above, 

 less buff below. Notes. Song, uttered on the wing 

 when several hundred feet above the earth, sweet and 

 far reaching, resembling at beginning song of Skylark. 



Range.— "Interior plains of North America, breeding from plains of 

 the Yellowstone northward to Saskatchewan district and from the Red 

 River westward (probably to the Rocky Mountains); south in winter 

 on the tablelands of Mexico to Puebla; accidental in South Carolina." 



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