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270. SEIURUS NOVEBORACENSIS (Gmel.). 675. 

 Water-Thrush. 



Entire upper parts deep olivaceous-brown ; conspicuous superciliary line 

 yellowish; below white, more or less tinged with pale _ye//owJs/i, thickly and 

 sharply spotted with the color of the back, except on lower belly and crissum ; 

 feet dark. Length, 5^-6; wing, af ; tail, 2J ; bill, about J. 



Hab. Eastern United States to Illinois, and northward to Arctic America; 

 breeding from the Northern United States northward. South in winter to 

 the West Indies and Northern South America. 



Nest, on the ground ; built of leaves, moss and grat-ses, and lined with 

 fine grass and rootlets. 



Eggs, 4 to 6 ; of crystalline whiteness, marked with reddish-brown. 



This inhabitant of the moist woods and swampy thickets is 

 found in all suitable places throughout the country, but it has 

 not the loud decided notes of the Oven Bird, and is therefore 

 less known though quite as abundant. It is terrestrial in its 

 habits, being often seen walking with careful steps by the edge 

 of the pools, or along wet logs, nervously jerking its tail, after 

 the manner of the Teeter Snipe. 



In appearance it closely resembles the next species, with 

 which it has often been confounded, but the distinction, once 

 clearly understood, is afterwards readily recognized. In the 

 present species the throat and breast are streaked from the bill 

 downwards, while in the next the throat is always unstreaked. 



271. SEIURUS MOTACILLA (Vieill.). 676. 



Louisiana Water-Thrush. 



Very similar to the last ; rather larger, averaging about 6, with thawing 3 ; 

 bill especially longer and stouter, over ^, and tarsus nearly i. Under parts 

 white, only faintly tinged, and chiefly on the flanks and crissum, with buffy- 

 yellow ; the streaks sparse, pale and not very sharp ; throat, as well as belly 

 and crissum, unmarked; legs pale 



Hab. Eastern United States, north to Southern New England and Michi- 

 gan, west to the Plains. In winter, West Indies, Southern Mexico and 

 Central America. 



