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conviiicod tliiit it bml at even still higher latitudes. Aiiionp; some meino- 

 raiula 1 ivcoivcd iVom the late ^Ir. Koivuieott is one stating tliat he met 

 with this Thrush breeding near English Iliver, duly IH. These birds arrive 

 in the fur country about the fii'st of ^Fay. How far to the south they Itreed 

 wc have no ]iositivo information. I have never received its eggs from any 

 l)oint south of I'hiladelphia, nor did I ever meet with it or hear its notes 

 in summer in the vicinity of AVashington.- Audub'Mi was of the opinifui 

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

 abundant in Te.xas in tlus middle of ^lay, but ho may have confounded this 

 sp(!ci('s with the Louisiana Thrush. 



In Jamaica, where its habits have been carefully studied by Mr. Gosse, it 

 arrives in Scjitember and leaves about the 20tli of April. Mr. Wiirdemann 

 obtained spceinuMis at (\i\)G Fhu-ida, Septend)cr 24 and 25. Mr. Audubon 

 mentions their apjiearing in Louisiana as early as the lirst of March. Wilson 

 never noticed it in Lo\iisiana before the lust of April, nor after September. 

 Tlie Smithsonian possesses no specinusn obtained earlier than May 1, except 

 some procmed April 2r) from the mouth of Platte Ifiver. Mr. Allen notes 

 its arrival in Western Massachusetts May 10. Mr. Verrill gives the early 

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

 IMay I for the vicinity of Calais. 



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

 been taken in M-Jnter near ]\Iazatlan, Mexico, siiowing probably that in their 

 migrations they cross the mountains of Northevn Mexico, as do the Mnioli'Ja 

 rcn'ia and a few other of our Eastern speciis. 



In Eastern Mas.sachusetts it usually ai)pears i'rom the 1st to the 10th of 

 ^fay, just as the first leaves of the trees are expanding, ami is to be found 

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

 the low lindis of trees, it is quii terrestrial in its habits, keeps a good deal 

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

 of a small (piadruped than a bird. ^fr. Audubon speaks of its frequenting 

 shady woods, watered l)y creeks and rivulets. I have found them rather 

 more abundant in woods upon high and dry ground, usually u])on slopes of 

 wocjded hillsides. In this respect it a])pears to differ in a marked manner 

 from its near of kin, the Water Thrush (S. noixhornccnsU). 



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 Ived-poll Warbler, and in the Titlark.i. In consequence of tlu'se jiecu- 

 liarities this species is known, in Jamaica, as Land Kirlup, and the iuirrho- 

 rornisis as the Wativ Kicliip. Mr. (!osse found in its stomach gravel, 

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



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



striking one, uidike that of any other of our birds. It is said to somewhat 



resendihi the song of the Annitov niothifiiri.'nA' Eurojxv It is loud and clear, 



enunciated with great rajiidity, and uttered with griiat emphasis at its close. 



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