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specific rank. In appearance it differs from swainsonii chiefly in 
lacking the yellow around the eye, and in having gray instead of 
buff cheeks. Alicia: is also a trifle the larger of the two. 
The distribution of the present species has not yet been thor- 
oughly worked out, for only a few years have passed since its 
discovery ; but it is known to occur in the United States and the 
settled portions of Canada as a migrant only, breeding north to 
the Arctic, and wintering south to Costa Rica. 
BICKNELL’S THRUSH. 
TuRDUS ALICI/E raCKNELLI. 
Char. Above, olive, varying from a grayish to a russet tint; wings 
and tail slightly browner than back ; distinct ring of pale buff around the 
eyes; cheeks huffish; beneath, white, tinged with olive on the sides; 
throat and brea.st tinged with buff and marked with large dark spots. 
Length 7 to 7% inches. 
Nest. On the ground, in a thicket ; composed of twigs, grass, and moss, 
lined with grass. 
^gSt- 3 “ 4 ; pale blueish green speckled with brown ; 0.S5 X 0.65. 
This variety of the Gray-cheeked Thrush was discovered by 
Mr. Eugene P. Bickncll amid the Catskill Mountains in 1885. It 
has been found on all the higher ranges of Eastern America and 
in Illinois, and Mr. Langille claims to have discovered the nest 
on an island off the southern coast of Nova Scotia. 
WATER THRUSH. 
WATER WAGTAIL. 
Seiurus NOVEBORACENSIS. 
Char. Above, deep olive brown ; line over the eye whitish; beneath, 
white tinged with bright yellow, and spotted with olive. Length to 
6 inches. 
Nest. On the ground, in border of swamp or stream; bulky, and 
loosely made of moss, leaves, and grass, lined with roots. Sometimes 
deeply imbedded in moss, or covered with it. 
Bgffs. 4-6; white, spotted, most heavily near the larger end, with 
brown and lilac; 0.75 X o 55. 
