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The Golden-crowned Thrush lingers as late as the frost leaves 
it sufficient food, which in 1885 was late in October, but does 
not generally extend beyond the 25th of September. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS. 
Above, uniform olive-green with a tinge of yellow. Crown 
with two narrow streaks of black from the bill, enclosing a 
median and much broader one of brownish-orange. Beneath, 
white; breast, sides of body, and a maxillary line streaked with 
black. Wings moderate, about three-quarters of an inch longer 
than the tail; first quill scarcely shorter than the second. Tail 
slightly rounded, feathers acuminate. Tarsi about as long as 
the skull, considerably exceeding the middle toe. Under tail 
coverts reaching within about half an inch of the end of the 
tail. 
Length, 6; wing, 3; tail, 2.40. 
Habitat, eastern North America to the Rocky Mounkaie, 
SEIURUS NOVEBOBACENSIS (GMELIN). (675.) 
WATER THRUSH. 
The Water Thrush is a rather common resident of most 
wooded portions of the State, arriving usually between the 25th 
and 30th of April. 
Their song is not very often heard, and when it is, it is diffi- 
cult to describe it. But having been heard by an interested 
ear, it will never be forgotten beyond recognition. The notes 
are clear, strong and impressively sweet, the strain beginning 
in a high, spirited pitch, and gradually gliding downward in 
key and volume to the softest before lost to the ear. They 
are paired when they come, and the song is warbled thereafter 
at intervals all the day, as long as the female is setting on the 
nest, but immediately afterwards we hear no more from them 
during the summer ordinarily. They hide their nests so : 
effectually that I have never been able to find one, but by the 
aid of an exceedingly persistent lad who is an adept at bird’s 
nest hunting, | am prepared to ‘‘speak by the book” in de- 
scribing it. It was placed by the side of, and well under a 
very old, decayed log, lying in a dense thicket in a swamp. 
It consisted entirely of grass, leaves and moss, in’ such a quan- 
tity as to give it quite a bulky appearance after getting down 
to it. 
The entrance was porched over much like the Oven-bird’s 
nest, and the eggs were four in number, flesh colored, spotted 
over with pale reddish brown, emphasized somewhat about the 
