304 AYES : TASSERES. — XLVI. 



514. SEIURUS Swainson. (aua>, I wag; oiipd, tail.) 

 a. Crown orange brown with a black stripe on each side. 



984. S. aurocapillus (L.). OVEN-BIRD. GOLDEN-CROWNED 

 "Thrush." Bright olive green, white below, sharply spotted on 

 breast and sides, like a thrush. L. 6\. W. 3. T.*2i. U.S.; 

 abundant in woodland, spending most of its time on the ground, 

 liki' the other species of this genus, and the next; remarkable for 

 its ringing son-' ami its curious oven-shaped nest ; the largest of the 

 true Warblers. (Lat., aurum, gold; capillus, hair.) 

 aa. Crown plain brownish. 



98.">. S. noveboracensis (Gmelin). Water Wagtail. Water 

 THRUSH. Dark olive brown above, pale yellowish beneath ; thickly 

 streaked everywhere with the color of the back ; superciliary line 

 huffy ; bill about half inch long ; feet dark. L. 6. W. 3. T. 2f 

 X. Am., in thickets; moves its tail like a Wagtail. The Western 

 form. var. notabilis Grinnell is larger and darker ; it ranges E. to 

 Ind. (Lat.. of New York.) 



980. S. motacilla (Vieillot). Large-billed Water Thrush. 

 Color of preceding, but paler below, the streaks below broader and 

 Less sharply defined: superciliary stripe white; bill larger, about f 

 inch ; feet pale. L. 6\. W. Z\. T. 2J. E. U. S., scarce ; N. to 

 Mass. and X. Wis. (Lat., wagtail.) 



515. GEOTHLYPIS Cabanis. (yea, earth; 0\vnis, some small 



bird like a warbler.) 



a. Tail evidently shorter than wing, more than half hidden by the coverts. 

 ( Oporornis Baird.) 



987. G. formosa (Wilson). KENTUCKY Warbler. Clear 

 olive green, bright yellow below; crown and sides of head ami neck 

 black, with a rich yellow superciliary stripe, which bends around 

 the eye behind ; 9 with the black replaced by dusky olive. L. 5|. 

 W. 3. T. 21. E. U. S., chiefly S. W.. X. to Wis. and Conn.; in 

 low thickets; a handsome and active species. (Lat., comely.) 



988. G. agilis (Wilson). Connecticut Warbler. Olive 

 green, ashy on head : throat and breast brownish ash, otherwise 

 yellow below; no sharp markings ; in fall almost uniform olivace- 

 ous. L. 5|. W. 3. T. 2\. E. N". Am.; a shy, quiet bird, rarely 



i in spring. 

 >. G. Philadelphia (Wilson). Mourning Warbler. 

 Bright olive, clear yellow below; head ashy; throat and breast 

 black, the feathers usually ashy-skirted (as though the bird wore 

 crape, hence " Mourning Warbler"); 9 and g not in full plu- 

 mage ashy anteriorly, almost exactly like G. agilis, but the tail 

 more marly length of wings; no white spot on eyelid. L. 51. Y\ • 

 21. T. 21. E. U. S., rather rare, in dense thickets. 



