158 BIRDS OF ILUNOIti. 



Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.) 



OVEN BIRD. 



Popular tynonTms. Oi)ldeii-ori>wiio<l Tlinmli; Wooil WiiKUiil; I^ind KIrk-up (Jiimal<-a): 

 ((■•lili'ri-iTMwni'U Aoi'(>nt<>r. 



.Volarilln aiirocapiiln LiSS. K. N. I'll. I:i. I.l<i>ij.334. 



TiirdHK aurocajnUun I.ATIl.— Wll.s. Am. Orii. III.1K10.88, |il. 14. He i— XUTT. Mnn. 1,1832, 

 3J5; 2il I'd. i,lW«,40<.-Al'D. Oni. Bloc. 11,1X34.21.1: v,l>CfJ,44;,|.l. 143. 



Sfiiinm niiioraiiilliin Swains.— SW. A Ulcil. K. IJ. \. 11. 1S«. £!7.— .\l'D. Syiicp. 1839, 93: 

 B. Am. Ill, lH41,.'tt,pl. 148.— Haiki). n. X. Am. ItiM.aiO; I'lil. N. Am. H.lWH.S.i. IW; Re- 

 view. ISCJ, 214, l!iW.-CoifKH, Kry, 1X72, 1(1.1; ClH-ik List. IS73. No. 92; 11. N. \V. 1X74, 7il.- 

 11. U. & K. HiKt. N. Am. B. i.l874.28ll, |il. 14, lie 11. 



Siiinis aiirvriiitilliis MooRE.— CouES.B. Col. Viil. 1878.298; 2il Clii'ck Ll.^l. I>«2, No. i;«i.- 

 RlDOW. Norn. N. Am. B. 1881. No. ll.V 



Hah. Eiistorn Nortli .\m<'rii'ii. norlli to Hiiil^oirH BayTrrr. iiml .\la.«kH. west to Rocky 

 Mouiiliiiiis, hri'odiiiK iii'iirly throiitthoiit Us rani;i'. In winter, Florida, Bermudas, all uf 

 West Iiidli's, Mexk'O (lioth coasts), and t'entral Amerlea, S"iutli at least to t'osta Biea, 



"Sp. Cbad. Ahove uniform olive-creen. wltliatinijn of yellow. Crown with two nar- 

 row .streaks of Mark from the l>ill enelosinK a meilian ami miieh liroaderone of hrownlsh 

 oranee. Beneath white; the breast, sides of the hody. and maxillary line, streaked with 

 lilaek. The female and yonnB of the year are not appreciably dilTerent. Length, 6,00; 

 win>;. 3.01); tail. 2.4(1." {Hisl. y. Am. li.) 



t'irnt pluiimoi: Ki-miKes, reetrices, etc., as in the adult. Best of upper imrls dull 

 fulvous-brown; the eroiru withnnl Klrii/fs; all the feathers very indistinetly ditrker 

 centrally; lower parts paler, more bulTy. fulvous, (jrowini,' uraUujilly white toward tho 

 erissum, the bulTy portions (breast and sides), with very Hue indistinct streaks of dusky. 

 (From a specimen obtained near Wnshineton, D. C.) 



Till' goldoii-crowned Thrush or Oven Bii'd is one of the most 

 generally distributed and numerous birds of Eastern North Amer- 

 ica. It is almost certam to be found in any piece of wood- 

 land, if not too wet, and its frequently repeated song, which is not 

 musical or otherwise particularly attractive, but very sharp, clear, 

 and emphatic, is often, particularly dtiriiit; noonday in midsum- 

 mer, the only bird-note to be heard. It lives much upon the ground, 

 where it may be seen walkin<i gracefully over the dead leaves or 

 upon an old log, making occasional halts during which its body is 

 tilted daintily up and down, much in the manner of the Water- 

 thrushes (.S'. ntotaciUa and itovchorarciinis), but more like the Ken- 

 tucky Warbler, often to be seen in the same localities. Its ordi- 

 nary note is a rather faint but sharp chip, prolonged into a chatter 

 when one is chased by iuiotlur. The usual song is very cleiir and 

 penetrating, l)ut not musical, and is well expressed by John iJur- 

 rouglis, in "Wake llobin," as sounding like the words "teacher, 

 teacher, teacher, TEACHEP., TEACHER!— the accent on the first 

 syllable, and each word uttered with increased force and shrillness." 

 Jiut, as Mr. Burroughs tiiily says, "he has a far rarer song which 



