Nests in Buildings, Bridges, Walls, Etc. 



676. Louisiana or Large-billed Water-thrush: Seiurus 

 motacilia(Vieill.) 



Adult Upper parts warm olive brown; white line over eye; 



under parts white, tinged with yellow, and streaked with 



dark brown or blackish ; V-shaped spots except on the throat ; 



bill rather large. Length 6.28. 

 Breeding Range Southern Michigan, New York, and southern 



New England, southward to North Carolina and possibly 



further south. 



The nest is made of leaves with mud adhering to them, 

 moss, "grape-grass, and sometimes hair"; it is placed in banks 

 among roots, etc., in moist or swampy woods. The eggs are 

 white to creamy white, speckled and spotted with reddish or 

 yellowish brown and pale lilac. Size .76 x .62. See Fig. 13, 

 Plate C. 



In the neighbourhood of New York the nesting season begins 

 during the first week in May. 



In habits these birds resemble the water-thrush, frequenting 

 the streams and rivers and damp woods; their song is remark- 

 ably fine, considered by some to be finer than that of any other 

 of our Eastern birds. 



686. Canadian Warbler; Canada Flycatcher: Sylvania 

 canadensis (Linn.) 



Adults Upper parts rather dark gray; forehead and front of 

 crown spotted black ; line from bill, under eye, and on sides 

 of throat black ; spots across breast black ; under parts bright 

 yellow; rather long bristles at base of bill. Length 5.61. 



Adult ? Similar, but less brilliant. 



Breeding Range From New England, northern Pennsylvania, and 

 Michigan, northward. 



The nest is usually placed in a bank or among the roots of 

 a fallen tree, or on the ground beneath bushes in swampy woods, 

 and is carefully concealed; it is made of moss, leaves, weeds, 

 strips of bark, and fine roots, sometimes lined with hair. The 

 eggs, 4 or 5 in number, are white, speckled principally round the 

 larger end with hazel, reddish brown, and lilac. Size .68 x .51. 



The breeding season begins early in June. 

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