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WATER THRUSH. 

 (Turdus aquaticus.) 



Tu. olivaceus, superciliis, fascia lateribusque cotti albis, pectore 



kypochondriisquefusco-maculatis. 

 Olive Thrush, with the eyebrow and band on the sides of the 



neck white ; breast and sides of the body spotted with brown. 

 Turdus aquaticus. Wlls. Amer. Orn. 8. 66. 

 Water Thrush. IVils. Amer. Orn. 3. 66. pi. 23. f. 5. 



THE length of this bird is six inches : breadth 

 nine and a half: the upper parts of a plain dark 

 olive : over the eye a white streak, which is con- 

 tinued some way down on the sides of the neck : 

 lower parts white, tinged with yellow ; the whole 

 breast and sides marked with pointed spots of 

 black or deep brown : beak dusky brown : legs 

 flesh-coloured, but occasionally yellow: both sexes 

 are similar. 



This species is extremely fond of frequenting 

 marshy places, and is generally found in the 

 neighbourhood of a brook or rivulet in the thick 

 woods of North America : it is not known where 

 it breeds, being only seen in Pensylvania in the 

 beginning of May and the latter end of August, 

 for a few days together, in its passage from north 

 to south, and on its return. 



