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MOTACILLIN^. ANTHUS. 
spots, which are more elongated on the sides; abdomen and lower 
tail-coverts unspotted ; bill dusky ; feet flesh-coloured and transpa- 
rent. Individuals vary, the throat sometimes without spots, the lower 
parts pale or yellowish-white, the feet dusky tinged with purple. 
Male, 9|. Female, 5^^, 
In winter resident from Texas to Florida, including Louisiana. In 
summer migrates as far as the Fur Countries. Not Abundant. 
Water Thrush, Turdus aquaticus, WiLS. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p. 66. 
Sylvia novseboracensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 77. 
Seiurus aquaticus, Aquatic Accentor, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor. Amer. v. ii. p. 229. 
New York or Aquatic Thrush, Turdus novaeboracensis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p. 353. 
Louisiania Water Thrush, Turdus ludovicianus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i. p. 99. 
Common Water Thrush, Turdus aquaticus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v. p. 284. 
GENUS II. ANTHUS, Bechst. PIPIT. 
Bill of moderate length, straight, very slender, as broad 
as high at the base, compressed toward the end ; upper man- 
dible with the ridge narrow at the base, the notches slight, 
the tip a little deflected ; lower mandible with the dorsal line 
straight, the edges involute, the tip acute. General form 
very slender. Tarsus of moderate length, much compres- 
sed; toes slender; claws arched, extremely compressed, 
acute, that of the hind toe much elongated. Plumage soft 
and blended. Wings long ; the outer three quills about 
equal and longest ; inner secondaries tapering, one of them 
nearly as long as the outer primaries when the wing is closed. 
Tail rather long, emarginate. 
150. 1. Anthus Ludovicianus, Lichtenstein. American 
Pipit. 
Plate X. Male and Female. Plate LXXX. Young. 
Hind claw longer than the toe, slightly arched, and very slender. 
Male, in winter plumage, with the bill dusky, the legs and claws deep 
greenish-brown ; upper parts greyish-olive, tinged with green, and 
obscurely streaked with dusky ; a whitish band over the eye, cheeks 
brown ; lower parts brownish-white, the throat white, the sides and 
lower part of the neck, fore part of breast, and sides of body marked 
with elongated, distinct, blackish -brown spots ; quills and tail-feathers 
dusky, margined with greenish-grey, the lateral tail-feathers half 
white, the next obliquely white at the end. Female similar. Male 
in summer with the bill black, the upper parts olive-brown, tinged 
with grey; a greyish- white line over the eye, cheeks greyish- brown ; 
