LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH 



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Its western range is found in eastern Nebraska (Lincoln, Bea- 

 trice), eastern Kansas (Manhattan, Onaga) and, sparingly, in eastern 

 Texas (Boerne) ; accidental in Maine (Norway, 1865, Waterville, 

 May, 1865). 



Winter Range. Mexico to Colombia, South America; most of 

 the West Indies and the Bahamas. 



Spring Migration. 



Fall Migration 



The Bird and its Haunts. This shy, elusive creature seems to 

 me more like some untameable spirit of the woods than a bird. Cau- 

 tiously we may follow his sharp, decisive call or wild, ringing, almost 

 startling song, through the luxuriant undergrowth only to hear them 

 repeated from some point far ahead or even behind us ; and, if by 

 good fortune, we should get a glimpse of his nervously teetered body, 

 before we have time for one satisfactory look he is off not to the 

 cover of the nearby bushes, but on a low, darting flight that takes 

 him speedily out of sight. 



