3i8 Bird Studies. 



white or creamy white eggs, marked with varying shades of brown, mainly 

 at the larger end. They are a very little smaller than the eggs of the Large- 

 billed Water-Thrush. 



The habits of the two birds are much alike, streams and rivers being 

 congenial to both. The more northern bird, however, seems the less shy of 

 the two, and is often found during its migrations in damp places in woods 

 well away from water. 



Grinnell's Water-Thrush is a close ally and the Western geographical 

 race of the common Water-Thrush just described. It is a rather larger bird, 

 G ■ ir W t being about six inches and a quarter long. It is darker 

 Thrush. above in tone, and lighter below, being often almost 



seiurus noveboracensis white. The line over the eye is also clearer white, 

 notabihs (Ridgw.). j^^ habitat is from Illinois westward to California and 



north into British America. During its migrations it is found regularly east- 

 ward to Virginia and sometimes to New Jersey. Its winter habitat is from 

 the southern border of the United States, including the Gulf States, through 

 Mexico and Lower California to Northern South America. 



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The Yellow-throated Warbler is a bird of the Southeastern United 



States and is more generally found in the vicinity of water. The birds are 



found regularly as far north as Southern Maryland and 



Yellow-throated Virginia and have been recorded as accidental in New 



^'" ^''' York and Massachusetts. Thev breed throughout their 



Dendroica dominica (Linn.). -..,_ ,. '. t-i-i , , 



United States range, and wmter from rlorida southward 

 through the West Indies. 



The birds are about five inches and a quarter long. Their prevailing 

 color above is bluish gray. The forehead is blackish or dusky. There is 

 a pronounced white line over the eye becoming yellow in front of it. There 

 are two white wing bars, and the exposed edges of the dusky wing and tail 

 feathers are gray. The outer tail feathers have a patch of white near their 

 ends. The sides of the face and sides of the throat are black or dusky. 

 There is a white patch on each side of the neck. The throat and breast are 

 bright yellow, the belly is white, as are the- sides and flanks, which are 

 streaked with black. 



The birds build a nest of strips of bark and various plant fibres, and 



