284 NORTH AMERICAN BlIlDA. 



si,//u>;,..crns, U'(1nniONV, .Sa«,a'.s ful,a, 1840, 57, pi. vi. Sciurus gossc, BoN. Coiisp 

 \i>M, mm (Jiunaica). / AiUlni, Vhu-ininicri, Li;s.s. licv. /. ls;i!», ],il ((.•oloinbk) 

 OtliiT localities .luotcl : Xahqui, Sci.AiKli. Gimkmala, Sci.aier & Sai.vin. Pamma, 

 lawKiiNCK. CVW/i«//cH«, Cassin. -S-ofte CnM (wiiitiii), Nkwion. t'«4,(, Caii Ja- 

 maic, (!ns,s|.;.; SuL. Venezuela, Sul. & Salv. r«t«<««, Lawu. iV. 'liartlwkmy, 

 SuMj. / iriiguu, Salv. 



Si'. C'liAii. Hill, (ioni rictus al.out the length of the skull. Above olive-brown with a 

 sim.U. ol j^roen; beneath pale .sulplnn-yellow, brightest on the abdomen. Region about 

 the has.,, ol the lower maiidihie, and a snpereiliary line Ironi the base of the bill to the nape 

 brow.nsh-yeliow. A .InsUy line liotn the bill through the eye; chin and throat finely 

 spotted. All the renminmg under ])arts an.l sides of the bodv, e.vcq.t the abdomen and 

 meludiug the un.ler tail-eoverls, cou..pieuo>...|y and thickly stieake.l with oliva.vou.s-brown 

 almost black on the breast. Length, 0.1,5; wing, 3.12; tail, 2.40. Bill, iro.n rictus, .04.' 

 bexes similar. 



IIau. Eastern Province of North America, north to Arctic Ocean and Yukon (west- 

 ward along northern border of L'nited States to Ca.scade Mountains) ; Fort Urid-cr Dhfx- 

 LKii); Arizona (CoiKs) ; whole West Indies ; Southeastern Mexico ; all CentrarAmerica • 

 Tauama and Eastern South America (Bogota; Carthagena; Brazil). 



A very yotmo; bird (22,619, Fort Simp.sou, August 10) is very diflerent 

 from the adult in culoration. The upper parts are fuligiuous-hlack, etich 

 leather with a broad terminal bar of pale ochraceous, wiuo-coverts tij)ped 

 witli the same, forming two distinct l)ands ; streaks below as in the adult, 

 but broader and less sharply defined. 



II-VBiTs. This species has a general distribution, at certain seasons, 

 tlirougliout the whole of eastern North America as far to the nortli as the 

 Arctic Ocean. Xorth of tiie United States it is also found on the Pacific 

 coast as far south as the Cascade Mountains. In the winter it is (luite com- 

 mon ill all the West India Islands, in Southeastern Mexico, Central America, 

 riinama, and the eastern part of South America to Brazil. From about lati- 

 tude 43° northward it breeds throughout all Xortli America. Sir John IJich- 

 ards(ui met with it at the Ctirlton House, where it was found fretiuentiiig the 

 moist and thickly wooded banks of the river. Tiiese birds made their first 

 iil)l)eariiiice in May, and the greater portion soon after disappetired, as if pro- 

 ceeding still farther north to breed. 



Among other memoranda given ine by the late Mr. Kennicott was one 

 fiirnisiied liini by lAIr. Lockliart, to the ellect that, at Yukon IJiver, June 21, 

 l.SoU, lie hiid shot a i'emale Water Thrusli as she Hew from lier ne.st. Tliis 

 contained five eggs, and was concealed under a small ])ile of <lrilt, close to 

 the river, but under large willow-trees. This wtis not lined with down. At 

 the same locality anotlier nest witli six eggs was also obtained. This also 

 M-as on the ground tit tiie foot of some willows near the water. It was made 

 of moss, and lined with very fine grass. 



All thiit has been given by our earlier authors as to the habits of this 

 species must lie received with more or less uncertainty. The diflerenco be- 

 tween this bird and that known as the Louisiana Thrush has not been suf- 

 ficiently clear to these writers to enable us always to determine which of the 



