BIRDS OF CUBA II9 



238. Seiurus aurocapillus aurocapillus (Linne). 



OVENBIRD. 



Ovenbirds are common all winter. They arrive in late August and 

 early September, and stay until April. They are common in woods, in 

 orchards, about thickets and, especially in Oriente, in coffee plantations, 

 in which they walk about with the mincing gait of a tiny Zorzal, scratching 

 the leaves and peering under chunks and stones for spiders and beetles. 



239. Seiurus motacilla (Vieillot). 

 Louisiana Water-thrush. 



The Louisiana Water-thrush has been recorded from the mountain 

 streams of the Oriental Province. I have one from Holguin, September 2, 

 1904. 



240. Seiurus noveboracenis noveboracensis (Gmelin). 

 Water-thrush. 



A not uncommon winter visitor. Found about lakes, ditches and 

 river banks, and in the mangroves along the seashore. Todd refers several 

 birds, shot by Link in the Isle of Pines, to the race ?wtabilis. The specimen 

 before me, shot by Mr. Peters at Nipe Bay, March i, 191 5, is true 

 noveboracensis, and supports Cooke's surmise quoted by Todd, that the 

 West Indian records "unquestionably relate to the Eastern bird." 



241. Teretistris fernandinae (Lembeye). 



Mingling all winter in bands with many migrant Warblers the two 

 little Cuban Bijiritas are common in woodlands and about old, overgrown 



