42 Birds of Canada. 
low bush; eggs, four to six; white, sprinkled 
with ashy-gray. 
Semrus aurocapillus—The Golden-crowned 
Thrush. 
This beautiful bird is a summer resident of 
Canada. It arrives here about the last of April, 
-and departs the last of September. Color, above, 
olive-green, with a tinge of yellow; crown, with 
two streaks of black, enclosing a broad orange 
stripe; beneath, white; the breast and sides of the 
body, black. It builds its nests on the ground, in 
the form of an old oven; eggs, five; creamy-white. 
S. noveboracensis—JThe Water Thrush, or 
Wagtail. 
The Water Thrush arrives here about the first 
of May ; departs twentieth of September. Color, 
above, olive-brown ; beneath, pale sulphur-yel- 
low, brightest on the abdomen. It can be found 
near brooks, rivers, or ponds, wading in the shal- 
low water in search of aquatic insects, continually 
wagging its tail. Nests, ina swamp ; eggs, five ; 
reddish-brown. 
Sub-fFamily TANAGRINAZ.— The Tanagers. 
Pyranga rubra.—The Scarlet Tanager. 
This elegant bird is seven and four-tenths 
inches long, the wing, four inches; the color, 
