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branches of trees, or pick off from the leaves ; seek for worms 

 on the ground; sometimes eat berries. Many sing delight- 

 fully. 



Spread all over the globe. By some species united to 

 Turdus, Muscicapa and Saxicola, and, by the subgenus Dac- 

 nis, connected with Icterus (Family Gregarii), by Regulus to 

 Parus (Family JEgithali), by Troglodytes to Myiothera and 

 even Certhia (Family Tenuirostres), by Anthus to Alauda 

 (Passerini), to which Family it is also connected by some 

 slender-billed Tanagra?. Some species are so closely allied 

 to Vireo, Muscicapa, Turdus, Saxicola, &c. that they might 

 be placed with almost equal propriety in either. 



SUBGENUS I. SYLVIA. 



Upper mandible slightly curved and notched near the tip. 



102. SiLvr a auiiocapilla, Nob. Olivaceous; crown brownish- 

 orange, margined each side by a black line ; beneath white, 

 breast spotted with blackish. 



Golden-crowned Thrush, Turdus aurocapillus, Wils. Am. 

 Om. ii. p. 8C. pi. 14. Jig. 2. Motacilla aurocapilla, L. 



Inhabits all the United States during summer, in woods : 

 winters in Mexico and the West Indies : breeds in Pennsyl- 

 vania : rather common. 



103. Sylvia noveboracensis, Lath. Olive-brown ; beneath and 

 line over the eye yellowish-white ; breast spotted with black- 

 ish. 



Water Thrush, Turdus aquations, Wils. Am. Om. Hi. p. gq. 

 pi. 23. fig. 5. 



Inhabits all parts of the United States during summer : 

 common in Louisiana, Tennessee, he. ; rather rare in Penn- 

 sylvania and New-Jersey, where it appears but a few days in 

 May, on its way north, and on its return in August. 



104. Sylvia coronata, Lath. Slate, streaked with black; 

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