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673. Dendroica discolor (Vieill.). 



Prairie Warbler. 



Sylvia discolor Vieill. Ois. Am. Sept. I. 1807, 37, pi. 98. 

 Dendroica discolor Baird, B. N. Am. 1858, 290. 

 [B210, C 86, R 114, C 127.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States to the Plains, breeding from 

 Florida north to Michigan and southern New England. Winters in 

 southern Florida and the West Indies. 



Genus SEIURUS Swainson. 



Seiurus Swains. Phil. Mag. I. May, 1827, 369. Type, Motacilla 

 aurocapilla Linn. 



674. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn.). 



Oven-bird. 



Motacilla aurocapilla Linn. S. N. ed. 12, L 1766, 334. 

 Seiurus aurocapillus Swains. Zool. Journ. III. 1827, 171. 

 [Bi86,C92, R115, C 135.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern North America, north to Hudson Bay Ter- 

 ritory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, the Ohio Valley, and Vir- 

 ginia northward. In winter, Florida, the West Indies, southern Mex- 

 ico, and Central America to Panama. 



675. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). 



Water-Thrush. 



Motacilla noveboracensis Gmel. S. N. I. ii. 1788, 958. 

 Seiurus noveboracensis Bonap. Geog. & Comp. List, 1838, 21. 

 [B id>T,part, C ()Z,part, R 116, C 136.] 

 Geog. Dist. — Eastern United States to Illinois, and northward to 

 Arctic America, breeding from the northern United States northward. 

 South in winter to the West Indies, Central America, and northern 

 South America. 



675 tz. Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis (Ridgw.). 



GrinnelPs Water-Thrush. 



Seiurus ncevius notabilis " Grinnell," Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



III. 1880, 12. 

 Seiurus noveboracensis notabilis Ridgw. Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. VIII. 



1885, 354. 



