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WATER THRUSH. 

 (Turdus aquaticus.) 



Tu. olivaceus, superciliis, fascia lateribusque colli albis, pectore 



hypochondriisque Jusco-maculatis, 

 Olive Thrush, with the eyebrow and band on the sides of the 



neck white ; breast and sides of the body spotted with brown. 

 Turdus aquaticus. Wils. Amer, Orn. 8. 66. 

 Water Thrush. Wils. Amer, Orn, 3. 66. pi 23./. 5. 



The length of this bird is six inches : breadth 

 nine and a half : the upper parts of a plain dark 

 olive : over the eye a white streak, which is con- 

 tinued some way down on the sides of the neck : 

 lower parts white, tinged with yellow ; the whole 

 breast and sides marked with pointed spots of 

 black or deep brown : beak dusky brown : legs 

 flesh-coloured, but occasionally yellow : both sexes 

 are similar. 



This species is extremely fond of frequenting 

 marshy places, and is generally found in the 

 neighbourhood of a brook or rivulet in the thick 

 woods of North America : it is not known where 

 it breeds, being only seen in Pensylvania in the 

 beginning of May and the latter end of August, 

 for a few days together, in its passage from north 

 to south, and on its return. 



