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belly. The tail is orange and black, and the colors are very 

 prettily disposed. In its flight you can recognize it by its 

 flashes of fiery red. 



On the whole, this bird has (in my estimation) the most 

 beautiful color pattern to be found in all our long procession 

 of warblers and ground thrushes. The female is so different 

 in color it is at first difficult to believe her of the same species. 

 Her body colors are brownish olive above with sides of pale 

 yellow, and the head is gray instead of black. 



This beautiful bird is to be looked for all over North 

 America from Labrador and Fort Simpson to northern South 

 America. In the North it arrives in May, and abides until 

 September. 



THE WATER THRUSHES. Beginners in bird-study are 

 warned to note the fact that in the Warbler Family are several 

 birds called "Water Thrushes," which do not belong to the 

 Thrush Family. It is a pity that they have not been dis- 

 tinguished by some other name. There are two species, the 

 COMMON WATER THRUSH 1 and the LOUISIANA WATER 

 THRUSH, 2 the first a northern, the latter a southern, bird. 

 Both live in the dark recesses of virgin forests, where clear 

 brooks gurgle over mossy stones, between fern-covered banks. 

 They are watchful and suspicious, but when flushed they do 

 not immediately fly beyond gunshot, as nowadays every bird 

 should do. The Louisiana Water Thrush strongly resembles 

 the wood thrush, but is one-fourth smaller. 



1 Se-i-u'rus no-ve-bo-ra-cen'sis. Length, 6 inches. 



2 S. mot-a-cil'la. 



