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Uniform yellowiBli-olive above, yellow below, paler or white on belly and under tall 

 coverts, shaded and sometimes obsoletely streaked with darker on the sides; superciliary 

 line yellow; wing-bars white; tail Notches confined to two outer pairs of feathers, large, 

 oblique. Female and young similar, duller ; sometimes merely olive-gray above and 

 sordid whitish below. The variations in precise shade are interminable, but the species 

 may always be known by the lack of any special sharp markings whatever, pxoept 

 the superciliary line; and by the combination of white wing-bars with large oblique 

 tail spots confined to the two outer pairs of feathers. Length, 5^ to nearly 6 inches. 



Habitat, Eastern province of North America, north to Canada and New Brunswick; 

 west to Missouri and Kansas. Bermudas. Bahamas. 



Not common spring and fall migrant. April, May, and September. 

 Not included in Dr. Kirtland's or Mr. Read's lists. Inserted in my list 

 of 1861 on the authority of Mr. "Winslow. Mr. Langdon gives it as a rare 

 migrant in April. I know of but three specimens from this vicinity, 

 taken by Dr. Theo. Jasper, Oliver Davie, and Arnold Boyle, in May. I 

 have seen it but twice, once in spring in company with Yellow-rumps, 

 and one individual in September in a garden of this city, on the ground. 



This species, as its name indicates, prefers pine woods, which may be 

 the reason why so few have been found in Southern and Middle Ohio. 

 It is said to breed throughout its United States range, but no instance of 

 its breeding in this State has been recorded. 



The nest is said to be built in pine trees, and near the top. It is con- 

 structed of strips of the bark of cedar or other trees and fine grasses, and 

 lined with down, hair, and feathers. 



Dr. Brewer describes the eggs as of a rounded oval shape, with an 

 average diameter of .72 of an inch, and a breadth of .65. "The ground- 

 color is a bluish-white. Scattered over this are subdued tintings of a 

 fine delicate shade of purple, and upon this are distributed dots and 

 blotches of a dark purplish-brown, mingled with a lew lines almost black." 



Genus SIUEUS. Swainson. 



Bill compressed, distinctly notched. Kiotal bristles very short. Wings moderate, 

 pointed, longer than the nearly eyen tail; first quill scarcely shorter than the second. 

 Under tail coverts reaching within about one-half inch of end of tail. Tarsi about as 

 long as the skull, considerably exceeding the middle toe. Hind toe short, equal to the 

 lateral, its claw as long as the digit. Wings and tail immaculate. 



Siccus auricapilltjs (L.) Sw. 



Grolden Cro-wmed Thrush.. 



Sylvia aurocapilla, Kirtlaud, Ohio Geol. Snrv., 1838, 163. 



Turdws aurocapillus, Kbad, Fam, Visitor, iii, 1853, 399; Proo. Philad. Acad. Nat. Sci., vi, 



1853, 395. 

 Seiurus aurocapillus, Whbaton, Ohio Agno. Eep. for 1860, 363 ; Reprint, 1861, 5 ; Food 



of Birds, etc., Ohio Agrio. Eep. for 1874, 564 ; Reprint, 1875, 4. 



