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sharp chip. Now and then it runs briskly, and 

 snatches something, probably a winged insect, from 

 the grass. Wilson praises its song very highly ; 

 in its winter residence with us it merely chips mo- 

 notonously. The stomachs of several that I have 

 dissected contained water-insects in fragments, and 

 one or two small pond shells. 



There is a remarkable analogy in the Water 

 Thrushes to the Snipes and Plovers, in their habits 

 of running by the side of water, of wading, and of 

 flirting up the hinder parts ; in the height of the 

 tarsi ; and in the elongation of the tertials. The 

 Pea-Dove, which frequents water more than any 

 other of our Doves, has longer tertials than any. 

 Is there any connexion between the lengthening 

 of these feathers, and aquatic habits ? 



GOLD-CROWNED THRUSH.* 



Land Kick-up. 



Seiurus aurocapillus. 



Turdus aurocapillus, Linn. — Aud.pl. 143. 

 Sylvia aurocapilla^ Bonap. 



Seiurus aurocapillus , Sw. 



The speckled breast, rich fulvous crown, and 

 warm olive back, make this a very pretty bird. 



* Length 6-i inches, expanse 9-^, flexure 3, tail 2Jg-, rictus -j^, tarsus 

 1 , middle toe ^. 



