BIRDS OF NEW YORK STATE 115 



Water-thrush, Louisiana (Seiurus motacilla) 



This bird, while really a warbler, has the name thrush. A 

 characteristic feature of the water-thrush is the tilting of its 

 body something after the manner of the spotted sandpiper. The 

 nest is placed on the side of a bank along a stream near the water. 

 As suggested by the name and indicated by the pictures, this 

 thrush prefers wooded sides of streams where the water tumbles 

 over the rocks. 6-6.3 



Call no. 

 Nu WfL Adult with Food on Rock beside Rushing Water. Ithaca. 



(May 28, 1914) Allen 



Nu WfL2 Nest with Four Eggs on Bank of Stream. (1910) Bailey 



The nest of this bird is usually placed along the side of a brook, 

 in some overhanging ledge behind dangling rootlets. 



Nu WfL4 Young Bird oh End of Branch. (1910) Bailey 



Notice the natal down on the head. 



Nu WfL5 Adult Feeding Four Young Birds. Ithaca. (May 28, 

 1914) Allen 



When several are to be fed the mother bird carefully distributes 

 the food. Note the eagerness of the young birds. 



Waxwing, Cedar {Bombycilla cedrorum) 



Cedar bird is another name. It is gregarious in habit. It is 

 commonly fotind both in orchards and shade trees and along th-e 

 swamps and streams of the Adirondacks. It is called a polite 

 bird. Why? It is beneficial because it eats many insects such 

 as caterpillars and measuring worms, but, like the robin, is 

 destructive of small fruits, especially cherries and berries. 8 



Nu Wg2 Adult at Nest Containing Four Young Birds. Cardiflf. 

 (July 1913) Bailey 



Notice the crest of the adult. This is raised and lowered at 

 the pleasure of the bird. What other birds have a crest? Note 

 also the thick neck. The bird has her throat filled with choke 

 cherries so that each young bird will be fed at this visit. The 

 cherries are regurgitated one at a time. 



