Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked. i 
674. Oven-bird (Seiurus durocapillus). L. Gt. 
Ads. No Wing-bars; no white in tail; above brownish 
olive-green; crown orange-brown bordered by black; 
below white streaked with black. Notes. Call, a 
weak cheep; song, a crescendo teacher repeated about 
five times; also a wild, ecstatic flight song. 
Range.—Eastern North America, west to the Rockles; breeds from 
Virginia and Kansas north to Labrador and northwest to Alaska; win- 
ters from Florida south to West Indles and Central America. (Said to 
breed in Bahamas.) 
675. Water-Thrush (Serurus noveboracensts).  L. 
6; W. 3. A whitish line over eye; above olive; below 
pale sulphur yellow heavily streaked with blackish; 
throat spotted; no wing-bars or tail-patches. Notes. 
Call, a sharp chink; song, a high-pitched, liquid 
whistle, sweet, sweet, sweet, chu-chu-wee chu, (Jones.) 
Also a flight song. 
Range.—Eastern North America; breeds from northern New Eng- 
land and northern IIlinols, north to Newfoundiand and Hudson Bay, 
and south along the Alleghanles to West Virginia; winters from Flor- 
Ida to northern South America. 
675a. Grinnell Water-Thrush (S. x. notabilis). 
Similar to No. 675, but larger, W. 3.1; upperparts 
darker, less olive; underparts less yellow. 
Range.—Western North America; breeds from Minnesota, western 
Nebraska, and probably more northern Rocky Mountain district of 
United States, north to Alaska; winters from southern United 
States southward; in migration east to Mississippl valley, rarely to 
Atlantic States from New Jersey southward, 
676. Louisiana Water-Thrush (Seiurus motacilla). 
L. 6.2. Ads. A white line over eye; above grayish 
olive; below buffy white; breast and sides streaked; no 
spots on throat; no wing-bars or tail-patches. Notes, 
all, a sharp, metallic chiwk; song, a sudden outburst 
of loud wild, ringing notes; also a flight song. 
Range.—Eastern United States; breeds from Gulf States to 
Connecticut, lower Hudson Valley, and Minnesota; winters In tropics. 
697. American Pipit: Titlark (Anthuspensilvanicus), 
L.6.4. Hind toe-nail much the longest. Ads. Outer 
tail-feather largely white; next one only tipped with 
white; upperparts grayish brown indistinctly streaked; 
underparts rich buff, breast and sides streaked with 
blackish. Ha and Ads. in Winter. Less gray above, 
paler below. Notes. Call, a soft dee-dee usually utter- 
ed in flight; a flight song. 
Range.—North America breeding In Arctic regions and In the high- 
er parts of the Rockles from olorado northward (also on Tt. 
Shasta?); winters from southern Callfornia, Nevada and G 
south through Mexico to Central America. ‘ Ma 
700. Sprague Pipit (Anthus spraguet). L. 6.2. 
Hind toe-nail much lengthened; fee ogee aun 
largely white. Ads. Above streaked with buff and 
blackish brown; below white tinged with buff; breast 
streaked. In winter, similar, but less brown above, 
less buff below. Notes. Song, uttered on the win 
when several hundred feet above the earth, sweet an 
fat Teaching, resemblin nat beginning song of Skylark. 
ange.— Inter! n a 
the Yelicwatou FOHnWie Ho Pasa ast An oy athe Rel 
River westward (probably to the Rocky Mountains); south In wl 
on the tablelands of Mexico to Puebla; accldental s) South Carolina,” 
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