SVLVIC(.)LII).E — THE WARP.LKRS. 2Sl 



ronviiiccd that it brod at even still lii<,diei latitudes. Amonrj aouut mcinn- 

 runda I rt'cuivt'd from the lat(^ ^Ir. Kennicott is one stating- that ho met 

 with this Thrush breedini^ near En.ulish Iliver, duly 1'). These birds arrives 

 in the fur country about the fii-st of May. How far to tlni south they breed 

 we have no iiositive information. I have never received its egj^s from any 

 ])oint soutli of Philadelphia, nor did I ever meet with it or hear its notes 

 in sunmier in the vicinitv of Washinujton. Audulv»n was of the opinif»n 

 that a few remain to breed even in Louisiana, and states that he found them 

 abundant in Texas in x]w middle of ^lay, but he may have confounded this 

 specitvs with tlie Louisiana Thrush. 



In Jamaica, wliere its hal)its have been carefully studied by Mr. Gosse, it 

 arrives in Scptemljer and leaves about the 20tli of April. Mr. Wurdemann 

 obtained s]iecimens at Cape Florida, September 24 and 25. Mr. Audubon 

 mentions their a]>])earinjj: in Louisiana as early as the first of March. Wilson 

 never noticed it in Louisiana before the last of April, nor after September. 

 The Smithsonian possesses no specinu^n obtained earlier than ]\Iay 1, except 

 some procured April 2r> from the mouth of Platte Uiver. Mr. Allen notes 

 its arrival in Western ^Fassachusetts ^Liy 10. Mr. Verrill gives the early 

 part of May as tlie time of its reaching Western Maine, and Mr. Boardman 

 May 1 for the vicinity of Calais. 



Though not found on the California coast, specimens of this bird have 

 been taken in winter near Mazatlan, Mexico, showing probably that in their 

 migrations thev cross the mountains of Northern ^lexico, as do the Mniotilta 

 raria and a few other of our Eastern species. 



In Eastern ^lassachusetts it usually a])pears from the 1st to the 10th of 

 May, just as the first leaves of the trees are expanding, and is to be found 

 only in thick woods, often near their edges. Occasionally found perched on 

 the low lind)S of trees, it is quite terrestrial in its habits, keeps a good deal 

 on the ground, running about among the faUen leaves, more in the manner 

 of a small (quadruped than a bird. ^Ir. Audubon speaks of its frequenting 

 shady woods, watered by creeks and rivulets. I have found them rather 

 more abundant in woods upon high and dry ground, usually upon slopes of 

 wooded hillsides. In this respect it a])peai's to difier in a marked manner 

 from its near of kin, the Water Thrush (>S' noviho/ricensiJi). 



This bird, and indeed all of this genus, have the peculiar vibratory mo- 

 tions of the tail noticed in the Wagtail of Europe, and also observed in our 

 own Ked-poll Warbler, and in the Titlarks. In conse<pience of these pecu- 

 liarities this species is known, in Jamaica, as Land Kkli(p, and the notrho- 

 rareiisis as the Wati'r Kiikiip. ^Ir. (iosse found in its stomach gravel, 

 various seeds, nmd-insects, caterpillars, and small turbinate shells. 



The usual and more common song of this species is a very peculiar and 

 strikini' one, unlike that of anv other of our birds. It is said to somewhat 

 resendJe the song of the Arrcnfor niodii/arisoi' Europe. It is loud and clear, 

 enunciated with great rapidity, and uttered with great emphasis at its close. 



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