256 WOOD WAGTAILS. 



J. WOOD WAGTAILS. Seiuridae. 



Slender birds with not large bills, long wings and square 

 tails, that are often moved up and down. Nests, on ground. 



a. Wagtail Thrushes. Seiurus. 

 Colors, nearly uniform above; light beneath, streaked 

 with darker, Sexes, similar. 



Fig. 335. Fig. 335. 



CC, I, a, 1. CC, J, a, 1. 



1. OVEN BIKD, S. AUROCAPIKLUS. 6.00; pale olive- 

 green above; crown, dull yellowish-orange, margined with 

 black, fig. 336; white beneath, streakings black. Breeds from 

 Va. west to Kan., north to Hudson Bay ; winters from middle 

 Fla. south through the Bahamas to the West Indies, Mexico, 

 and Central America ; south in Aug. and Sep. ; north in April 

 and May. Frequents open woodlands. Song, " Techee" five 

 or six times repeated with increasing volume; the "vesper" 

 hovering song, a rapidly given, sweet warble. Walks much 

 on ground, and on the large, lower Mmbs of trees. Abundant. 



2. WATEK THRUSH, S. NOVEJBOKACENSIS. 5.90; dark 

 olive-brown above; line over eye and beneath, decidedly 

 greenish, fig. 337. Breeds from northern N. E. west to north- 

 ern 111., north to Hudson Bay; winters in Key West, Baha- 



