256 WOOD WAGTAILS. 



J. WOOD WAGTAILS. Seiuridae. 



Slender birds with not large bills, long wings and square 

 tails, that are often moved up and down. Nests, on ground. 

 a. Wag-tail Thrusbes. Seiuriis. 



Colors, nearly uniform above; light beneath, streaked 

 with darker. Sexes, similar. 



Fig. 335. Fig. 335. 



CC, I, a, 1. ^ CC, J, a, 1. 



1. OVEN BIRD, S. AUROCAPiLLus. 6.00; pale olive- 

 green above ; crown, dull yellowish-orange, margined with 

 black, fig. 336; white beneath, streakings black. Breedsfrom 

 Ya. west to Kan., north to Hudson Bay ; winters from middle 

 Fla. south through the Bahamas to the West Indies, Mexico, 

 and Central America ; south in Aug. and Sep. ; north in April 

 and May. Frequents open woodlands. Song, "TecAee" five 

 or six times repeated with increasing volume; the "vesper'* 

 hovering &ong, a rapidly given, sweet warble. Walks much 

 on ground, and on the large, lower ' imbs of trees. Abundant* 



2. WATER THRUSH, S. novebokacensis. 5.90; dark 

 olive-brown above; line over e^e and beneath, decidedly 

 greenish, fig. 337. Breeds from northern N. E. west to north- 

 ern 111., north to Hudson Bay; winters in Key West, Baha- 



