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two they Inid in view. Ami even now tlie distriluitioii in .summer of the 

 liuhoiciaiiUH is hiiully detiniihle with prec-ision. 



Wilson describes the habits of tliose he observed in Penusylvunia us 

 evincing a remiirkable jjartiaiity for brooks, rivers, jionds, and tiie vicinity 

 of water j-enerally, wadiny in sliallow ])(jols in searcii of atjuatic insects, and 

 j,aving, as it moves it along, an almost contimionsly vibratory motion to its 

 tail. He speaks of it as very shy, darting away with signs of alai'm wlien- 

 ever ajjproached, and uttering a sliari» cry. In all other resjiects his account 

 of tiiis bird probably refers to the Louisiana species. 



This is also, without doubt, true of nearly all Audubon gives in connection 

 witli the history of this Tiuiish, which in all probability does not breed in 

 Louisiana, nor remain there through April, being at that time well on its way 

 to more northern regions. 



Mr. Gosse, in his notes on the birds of Jamaica, states that this l)ird re- 

 appears in that island about the end of August. He noticed tiiem about the 

 muddy margins of ponds, and they soon became abundant. Individuals 

 were also to be seen running on the road, es])ecially near the sea-shore, and 

 by the edges of morasses. They ran rapidly, often waded up to their tibiie 

 in water, or ran along the twigs of a fallen tree at tlie brink, and now and 

 then Hew up into the branches of a i)iinonto or an orange-tree. Whether 

 running or standing, they were continually Ihrting up their tails, after the 

 manner of the Euroi)ean Wagtail. During its winter resilience in Januiica 

 it has no song, only a monotonous cry, a sharp chip. Its stomach was 

 fomul to contain water-insects and shells. Uv. March has noticed their 

 arrival in Jamaica as early as August 5. They all leave by the iirst of 

 April. 



Mr. Allen found these birds not uncommon both in spring and in fall in 

 the vicinity of Springfield. He thinks a I'ew breed there, as he has met with 

 them in the months of June, July, and August, very s])aringly however. 

 They arri\e about the Titli of May. I have once, at least, met \dth its 

 nest and eggs near IJoston. 



Dr. (Jones says this bird is (juite common, both in the s])ring and fall, 

 near Washington, and breeds s])aringly, having been found there in July. 

 They arrive about the first of ]\Iay, are enunently aciuatic, frequent swampy 

 thickets and thick ilark woods intei'spersed with pools, where they associate 

 with the Solitary Tatler. 



In Southern Illinois this species, Mr. Kidgway states, is found only during 

 its migrations and in mild winters. He never met with it in the breeding" 

 season, when the S. liulorividiim is so abundant. Ikit it returns early from 

 the North, and he has shot numbers of them in August. During the whole 

 tall they are common about all swaiujiy places, or the margin of creeks in the 

 woods ; and in mild winters a few are found in the swamps of the bottom- 

 lands, where the den.se forest affords them comfortable shelter. On warm 

 daya in December and January, he has heard them singing with all the vi"-or 



