LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH 



May 5, 1897 

 May, 1898 



(Lake Forest) 



1 HEARD a loud, sweet song in our ra- 

 vine this morning and thought at first 

 it was an indigo bird, but soon noticed that 

 it was wilder and less regular in the open- 

 ing notes. The song was repeated almost 

 at regular intervals, like a warbler's song, 

 but not quite so often. I only saw the bird 

 once, but his whitish line over his eye was 

 most conspicuous. 



May 11, 1897. He has been here con- 

 stantly now for nearly a week. He con- 

 fines his ramblings entirely to our ravine 

 and occasionally a few neighboring ones. 

 I have had a fine study of him this a. m. 

 which I have found a difficult thing to get, 

 as he is extremely shy. He waded along 

 the edge of the brook, singing from time to 

 time, and showing his white throat and 

 long superciliary white line most clearly. 

 The song is about eight notes, uttered 

 nearly all day. Two notes low, two high 



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