OVEN-BIRD. 



GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH. 

 Seiurus AUROCAHLLUS. 



Char. Above, olive ; crown orange-brown, bordered with black stripes, 

 white ring around the eyes ; beneath, white, spotted with olive. Length 

 5^ to 6^ inches. 



Nest. On the ground, at the foot of a tree or in the moss on a decayed 

 log ; rather loosely made of twigs, grass, leaves, and moss, lined with fine 

 grass and hair. The top is often completely roofed, sometimes arched or 

 domed ; the entrance on the side. 



Eggs. 4-6 ; creamy white, spotted with brown and lilac ; o.8o X 0.55. 



This rather common bird, so nearly allied to the true 

 Thrushes, is found throughout the forests of the United States, 

 Canada, and in the territory of Oregon during the summer, 

 arriving in the Middle and Northern States about the beginning 

 of May or close of April, and departing for tropical America, 

 Mexico, and the larger West India islands early in September. 



The Golden-crowned Thrush, shy and retiring, is never seen 

 out of the shade of the woods, and sits and runs along the 

 ground often like the Lark ; it also frequents the branches of 

 trees, and sometimes moves its tail in the manner of the Wag- 

 tails. It has few pretensions to song, and while perched in 

 the deep and shady part of the forest, it utters, at intervals, a 

 simple, long, reiterated note of 'tsKe tshe tshe tshe tshe, rising 

 from low to high and shrill, so as to giv^ but little idea of the 

 distance or place from whence the sound proceeds, and often 

 appearing, from the loudness of the closing cadence, to be much 



