198 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PASSERES. OSCINES. 



MNIOTTLTIDAE. 



Swampy woods and borders of streams; nests on the ground or 

 among tree roots. 



ME. Common migrant and in northern part a less common 

 local summer resident. (April 28) May 6-Sept. 25. Eggs, May 

 28-June 23. 



N. H. Common migrant and less common summer resident, 

 local at lower elevations south of White Mts. (April 30) May 3- 

 Sept. 26. 



VT. Common migrant, and mainly in northern part, a less com- 

 mon summer resident. 



MASS. Common migrant and rare local summer resident 

 (near Boston, Lancaster). (April 25) May 2- June 5; summer; 

 Aug. 1-Oct. 16. Eggs, May 21. 



R. I. Common migrant and rare local summer resident (Wash- 

 ington Co.). May 7-(summer); Aug. 12-Sept. 15. Eggs, May 

 19, 20. 



CONN. Common migrant. (May 1) May 5-27; Aug.-Oct. 18. 



363. SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS NOTABILIS (Ridgway) Ridgway. 

 GrinnelTs water-thrash. 



Siurus naevius notabilis Ridgw., Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 1880, 

 vol. 3, p. 12. "BLACK HILLS, WYOMING." 



Vicinity of streams; nests on or near the ground. 



CONN. Rare migrant: East Haven, Sept. 21, 1904; Hamden, 

 Sept. 7, 1904; Orange, May 20, 1905 (Bishop). 



364. SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieillot) Bonaparte. 

 Louisiana water-thrash; Large-billed water-thrash. 



Ridgway, Bull. 50, U. S. nat. mus., 1902, pt. 2, p. 639. 



Turdus motacilla Vieill., Hist. nat. ois. Amer. Sept., 1807, vol. 2, 

 p. 9, pi. 65. "KENTUCKY." 



Turdus ludovicianus Audubon, Ornith. biogr., 1831, vol. 1, p. 

 99, pi. 19. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 5, fig. 8. 



