36 GOLDEN-CROWNED WAGTAIL (THRUSH). 



While on wing it appears to glide through the woods with ease and 

 celerity, although it seldom extends its flight to more than a hundred yards 

 at a time. It migrates by day, resorting at night to the deepest swamps. 

 In these situations I have met it in company with the Cat-bird' and other 

 Thrushes. When disturbed on such occasions, its simple tweet was familiar 

 to my ear. None remain in the United States during winter, although some 

 are found lingering in the lower parts of Louisiana as late as the first of 

 December. 



The plant on which I have placed a pair of them, grew near the spot 

 where I obtained the birds, in a dark wood not far from Philadelphia. 



Mr. Townsend brought specimens of this bird from the Columbia river, 

 but he did not find it on the Rocky Mountains, although it inhabits the 

 plains of the Missouri. Dr. Richardson informs us that it breeds on the 

 banks of the Saskatchewan river, and perhaps still farther northward. I 

 found it abundant in the Texas, about the middle of May, and have reason 

 to think that it breeds there. The eggs measure seven-eighths in length, 

 and five-eighths in breadth. The nest somewhat resembles in form that of 

 the European Dipper, although it is far from being so substantially built, or 

 so large. 



From Texas eastward. Fur Countries. Not seen in Labrador. Through- 

 out the interior. Resident in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. Abundant. 



Golden-crowned Thrush, Turdus aurocapillus, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ii. p. 88. 



Sylvia aurocapilla, Bonap. Syn., p. 77. 



Seiurus aurocapillus, Golden-crowned accentor, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer., vol. 



ii. p. 227. 

 Golden-crowned Thrush or Oven-bird, Turdus aurocapillus, Nutt. Man., vol. i. p. 355. 

 Golden-crowned Thrush, Turdus aurocapillus, Aud. Orn. Biog., vol. ii. p. 253; vol. v. 



p. 447. 



Upper parts yellowish-olive, the crown brownish-orange, with two lateral 

 bands of brownish-black spots; lower parts white, the throat with two lateral 

 lines of brownish-black, the lower neck, fore part of breast, and sides, marked 

 with triangular spots of the same. Female similar to the male. Young 

 without the orange crown. 



Male, 6, 9. 



The Woody Nightshade. 



Solanum Dulcamara, Willd., Sp. PL, vol. i. p. 1027. Pursch, Fl. Amer. Sept., vol. i. 

 p. 156. — Pentandria Monogynia, Linn. 



This species is found in the woods, as well as along the margins of culti- 

 vated land, and is one of those common to both continents. 



