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hroaci stripe of buff over eye extending from nostril 

 > sides of neck; a triangular spot of dusky-olive in 



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f eye. and a broad streak of tbe same behind 

 crescentic mark of light buffy on lower eyelid; 

 •ye and sides of head, streaked with olive and 

 .h or pale buffy; broad check' stripe and under 

 siilplnir-yellozv ; the chest, sides, and flanks, 

 streaked with dark sooty-olive, the lower throat with 

 shorter wedge-shaped marks, the upper throat usually 

 with small triangular spots or flecks of the same; under 

 tail-coverts with concealed portion extensively olive or 

 grayish-olive; bill, dusky-brown; iris, brown; legs and 

 feet, flesh color. 



Nest and Eggs. — Nest: Always carefully concealed 

 in a bed of moss at the base of a stump or tree or along- 

 side moss-covered logs, near water and on or near the 

 ground; constructed of particles of moss and lined with 



moss stems; frecpiently a few clead leaves and twigs are 

 intermingled to give it stability, and the f<iun<lation is 

 often quite substantial. KuiS : 4 or 5, creamy-white 

 spotted with chestnut and lilac, more heavily around 

 larger end ; usually smaller than those of the Louisiana 

 Water-Thrush. 



Distribution. — Eastern North .America; north to 

 Davis Inlet. Newfoundland, and the shores of Hudson 

 Bay ; breeding southward to northern New England, 

 mountains of Pennsylvania and West Virginia (spruce 

 belt), southern Michigan (?), northeastern Illinois; 

 in winter southward throughout West Indies and along 

 eastern coast districts of Central .America to Colombia, 

 Venezuela, British Guiana, Brazil (':'), Trinidad, and 

 Tobago, and to Swan Islanil and Old Providence Island, 

 Caribbean Sea; occasional in Bermudas; accidental in 

 southern Greenland. 



The Northern Water-'I'lirusii is .similar to, Init 

 somewhat smaller than, the l-oiiisi;ina W'atcr- 

 Thriisli, from which it may he distingtiished h\ 

 its unspotted throat and the white Hne over the 

 eye. Like its larger relative, it walks and hohs 

 its tail meanwhile, but, unlike the former, during 

 its migrations it is apt to appear in gardens near 

 houses, and is comparatively tame and trustful. 

 Ry some observers, the song of this species is 

 considered more musical than that of the Louisi- 

 ana Water-Thrush, though the effort seems to 

 lack the uncanny quality of the larger bird, and 

 its flight-song is a less elaborate, though pleas- 

 ing, i)erformance. 



Griniiell's Water-Thrush (Sciiirus novcbora- 

 cciisis uotabilis) is foimd in western North 

 .'\merica. It is larger than the Northern Water- 

 Thrush, and the coloration of the upper parts is 



less olive, :ind the tinder parts ;ire usuall 

 with httle, if ;in\-, \-elli)w lint'c. 



LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH 

 With food for young 



KENTUCKY WARBLER 



Oporornis formosus (JrHson) 



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Other Name. — Kentucky Wagtail. 



General Description.— Length, s^ inches. Uijper 

 parts, olive-green ; under parts, yellow. Bill, much 

 shorter than head, slender, tapering gradually to the 

 tip ; wings, long and pointed ; tail, much shorter than 

 wing, slightly rounded, the feathers tapering. 



Color. — AnuLT Male: Crown, black, the feathers of 

 crown and back of head (especially the latter) tipped 

 with slate-gray; rest of upper parts, including sides of 

 neck, plain olive-green ; outer web of outermost pri- 

 mary, white; a stripe over eye of lemon-yellow; extend- 

 ing from nostrils to just behind the eye, where curving 

 downward and including the rear half, or more, of 



lower eyelid; lores, below eye (except the yellow on 

 under cyeliil), and greater part of sides of head, uni- 

 form black, this black extended along edge of lozi'cr 

 throat and forming a triangular patch: terminal por- 

 tion of sides of head, olive-green; under parts, clear 

 lemon-yellow, changing on sides and flanks to olive- 

 green ; bill, dark brownish ; iris, brown ; legs and feet, 

 pale flesh color. Adult I'i^m.xlk: Similar to the adidt 

 male and not always distinguishable, but usually with 

 the gray tips to feathers of crown broader (even those 

 of the forehead being thus marked) and more brownish- 

 gray, and the black jiatch on sides of head more 

 restricted and less sharply defined; in some (probably 



