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consists of beetles, moths, worms, caterpillars, and other 
insects gathered from the ground and low foliage, thus 
comparing favorably with the good done higher up by the 
Pine and Yellow-throated Warblers. 
[G76]. Seiurus motacilla (Vieilot). Louisiana 
Water-thrush. 
Ranex.—Eastern United States to South America. 
Breeds mainly in Carolinian zone from southeastern 
Nebraska, southeastern Minnesota, and the southern parts 
of Michigan, Ontario, New York, and New England 
south to northeastern Texas, northern Georgia, and 
central South Carolina; winters from northern Mexico 
to Colombia, the Greater Antilles, Antigua, and the 
Bahamas; accidental in California. 
We have long suspected that this bird was a regular 
breeder in this section, though not a common one. It 
was not until the year of 1910 that we had positive 
proof of it; by finding a nest at the foot of a tree 
on the bank of a lake, containing four eggs, well advanced 
in incubation. The nest was well concealed, like that of 
the former species, the bird when flushing disclosing: it. 
The nest was composed of pine needles, dry leaves, and 
lined with fine grass and rootlets. Eggs white, slightly 
glossy, well spotted and blotched with chestnut. Size, 
.76x.61. Migrants pass northward in large numbers 
about April 6th, those remaining to breed having eges by 
May ist. They are easily distinguished from the former 
species by the manner in which they constantly move 
their tail up and down, similar to the Spotted Sandpiper. 
They love the damp, moist woodland, and are seldom 
