Perching Birds Chiefly Brown or Streaked 



674. Oven-bird [S^iurus aurocapillus), L. 6.i, 

 /ids. No wing-bars; no white in tail; above brownish 

 olive-green; crown orange-brown bordered by blacit; 

 below white streaked witli black. Notss. Call, a 

 weak cheep; song, a crebceiido teacher repeated about 

 five times: also a wild, ecstatic flight song. 



Range.— Eastern Nortli America, west W the Rockies: breeds from 

 Virginia and Kansas norlh to Labrailor and northwest 10 Alaska; win- 

 ters from Florida south lo West indies and Central America. (Said Ig 

 breed In Bahamas.) 



675 . Waier-Thrush (Seiurus noveboracensis). 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. Noks. 

 Call, a sharp' chink; song, a high-pitched, liquid 

 whistle, sived, sweet, sweet, chu-chu-wee ehu, (Jones.) 

 Also a flight song. 



Range— baste rn North America; breeds from northern New Eng- 

 landanJ northern Illinois, north to Newfoundland and Hudson Bay. 

 and s'.ulh along the AiieghanLes to West Virginia; winters Irom Hor- 

 Ida '0 northern South America. 



675a. Grinnell Water-Thrush (5. «. notabilis). 

 Similar to No- ,675. but larger, W. 3.1; upperparts 

 darker, less olive; underpartsless yellow. 



Range.— Western North America; breeds from Minnesota, weslern 

 Nebraslia, and probably more northern Rocky Mountain district of 

 Ucilted States, north to AlasltQ; winters from southern United 

 States southward; In migration east lo MlEsissippI valley, rarely to 

 Atlantic States from New Jersiy southward. 



676. Louisiana Water-Thrush {Seiurus jnntacUla). 

 L. 6.2. Ads. A .white line over eye; above grayish 

 olive; below fiugy white; breast and sides streaked; no 

 spots on throat; no wing-bars or tail-patches. Notes. 

 Call, a sharp, metallic chink', song, a sudden outbursl 

 Of loud wild, ririeing notes; also a flight song. 



Range. — Eastern United States; breeds from Gulf States to 

 Connecticut, lower Hudson Valley, and Minnesota; winters In troplci. 



697. Amerioan Pipit'.TWairk {AntkuspensHvanietts). 

 L- 6.4, Hind toe-nail much the longest. Ads. Outer 

 tail-feather largely white; next one only tipped with 

 white; upperpartj grayish brown indistinctly streaked; 

 underparts rich , buff, breast and sides streaked with 

 blackish. Yig. and Ads. in IVinter. 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 Rockies from Colorado northward (also on Ml. 

 Shasta?); winters from southern California, Nevada and Gulf Stole) 

 south through Mexico to Central America. 



700, Spragua Pipit (^Antbus spraguei). L. 6.2. 

 Hind toe-nail much lengthened; two outer tail-feathers 

 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 wing 

 when several hundred feet above the earth, sweet and 

 far reaching, resembling at beginning song of Skylark. 



Range, — "Interior plains of North America, breealog trom plains ol 

 tho Yellowstone nurlliward to Saskatchewan district and from the ReJ 

 River westward (probably to the Rucky Mountains); south In wlnlf 

 On the tablelands ol Mexico to Puebla; accidental In South Carolina." 



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