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brow* and inner vanes of the quills, are dusky 
bioj ? ’ fro™ the nostrils, a black strip passes to the 
bro„, . on each side, between which lies a bed of 
tbg orang-e; the sides of the neck arc whitish; 
is lower parts, white, exce])t the breast, which 
doon j ®®niely marked with jioiuted spots of black, or 
f round the eye is a narrow 
^"skv ^"oUowish white; legs, pale flesh colour; bill, 
Ofanw whitish below. The feimile has the 
Tf* **! orown considerably p.aler. 
W*'? '^ird might with propriety be ranged with the 
gr^'®, > its notes, manners, and habit of biiilding on the 
ia being simibar to these. It usually hatches twice 
iiiserr reason ; feeds on small hug^, and the larvm of 
is y*'®' which it chiefly gathers from the ground. It 
V(( gfcnerally diffused over the United States, and 
tile w** i“ Jamaica, Hispaniola, and other islands of 
*’ est Indies. 
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XOFESOSACENSIS, LATHAM TUKDUS AdVATieUS, 
WILSON. 
WATER THRUSH. 
WILSON, PLATE XXIII. PIG. T. 
My, 
ter ** i® remarkable for its partiality to brooks. 
tbe **bores, ponds, and streams of water; wading in 
’'hallows ■ ' ■ ' ■ ■ 
«b, 
in search of aquatic insects, wagging the 
nst continually, chattering' as it flies, — and, in 
''ater Phhsesses many strong traits and habits of the 
Wagtail. It is also exceedingly shy, darting 
a kJ • hh the least attem])t to apjiroach it, and uttering 
the lo ^ rcjiealedly, as if greatly a lamed. Among 
a yj^^.h’mtain streams in the state of Tennesee, I found 
bri„i 'I'fy of this bird pretty numerous, with legs of a 
*^ollow colour; in other respects it differed not 
tby^jj V,* •J'bont the beginning of May it passes 
ebaoif 1 Poousylvania to the north ; is seen along the 
aftej, ® 9 of our solitary streams for ten or twelve days ; 
hrds disappears until August. It is probable 
