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the base, compressed toward the end, the edges a little in- 
flected, the dorsal lines of both mandibles slightly convex, 
the notches very slight, the tip acute. Nostrils basal ellip- 
tical. General form slender; head ovato-oblong. Feet of 
ordinary length ; tarsus slender, compressed, covered ante- 
riorly with a long undivided piece and three inferior scu- 
tella ; toes of moderate length, slender ; the first a little 
stouter than the third, the inner slightly shorter than the 
outer, which is adherent at the base ; claws of moderate 
length, very slender, much compressed, moderately arched, 
acute. Plumage soft, blended. Bristles very small. Wings 
of moderate length ; the first or outer quill little shorter than 
the third, which is longest. Tail of moderate length, even. 
148. 1. Seiurus aurocapillus. Lath. Golden-crowned Wood- 
Wagtail. 
Plate CXLIII. Male and Female. 
Upper parts yellowisli-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. 
From Texas eastward. Fur Countries. Not seen in Labrador. 
Throughout the interior. Resident in Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. 
Abundant. 
Golden-crowned Thi’ush, Turdus aurocapillus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. ii. p. 88. 
Sylvia aurocapilla, Bonap. Syn. p. 77. 
Seiurus aurocapillus, Golden-crowned accentor, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. 
V. ii. p. 227. 
Golden-crowned Thrush or Oven Bird, Turdus aurocapillus, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 355. 
Golden-crowned Thrush, Turdus aurocapillus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. ii. p. 253 ; v. v. 
p. 447. 
149. 2. Seiurus Novaeboracensis, Gmel. Aquatic Wood- 
Wagtail. 
Plate XIX. Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 7. 
Upper parts dull greenish-brown, wings and tail dark chocolate- 
brown, lower parts pale yellow ; a streak of the latter from the bill over 
the eye ; loral space, and a streak behind the eye dusky ; cheeks yel- 
lowish-grey, streaked with brown ; the whole fore part and sides of 
the neck, the breast, and sides, marked with triangular blackish-brown 
