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KEY AND DESCRIPTION 



feathers have large white patches at their tips, even the outer 

 webs having white at their bases. There is a yellow line over 

 the eye, and a black crescent-shaped mark under 

 the eye. The female sometimes lacks the 

 Ijrown patch of the back, and the young 

 usually has the whole upper parts 

 ashy in shade. A shy inhabitant 

 of bushy fields and pastures. 



Length, 4| ; wing, 2> ; tail, 2 ; 

 ulmen, a. United States 

 from the Plains eastward ; 

 breeding from Florida 

 north to Michigan and 

 southern New England, 

 and wintering from Flor- 

 ida to the West Indies. 

 Prairie Wartler 



29. Oven-bird (674. 

 Seiiirus anrocapilhis). — A rather small, thrush-like, olive-greeu- 

 backed bird, with white under parts, spotted with black on the 

 breast and sides ; the crown is marked with brownish-orange, 

 bordered with black stripes ; wings and tail unmarked. This is 

 a walking, tail-wagging bird, found jnainly in wooded ground, 

 except in early spring, when 

 it may often be seen in the 

 shrubbery and gardens loudly 

 singing its notes, which seem 

 to say teacher, teacher, 

 TEACHER. (Golden-crowned 

 "Thrush.") 



Length, 6}; wing, 3 (2;-3i-); 

 tail, 2^ ; tarsus, J ; culmen, J. 

 Eastern North America ; breeding 

 from Kansas and Virginia north- 

 ward, and wintering from Florida 

 south to Central America. 



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OTeu-bird 



30. Water-Thrush (675. Seiurus noveboracinsis). — A small, 

 olive-backed, thrush-like bird, with the under parts yellowish, 



