Birds of the Adirondack Bey-ion. 
O.E.Merriajto, 
34. Siurus naevius (Bodd. ) Coues. Common Water Thrush. 
Rather rare summer resident. Have found it breeding near the “ Old 
Forge House” below First Lake. 
Bull N. O.O. 3 t 0ct, 1881, P, 228 
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Arrival s of Mig’y Birds, Spring-1886 , 
Central Park, N.Y. City. A. G. Paine, Jr. 
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May 9, Seiurus noveboracensis, (G75). Water 
Thrush. 
O.&O. XI. July, 1886. p, 109 
Near this lake I found the Small-billed Water 
Thrush (Sinnis nttopiu s). and the Whip-poor- 
Will (Gaprimulgus vociferm) common in June, 
and undoubtedly breeding, although I did not 
succeed in finding the nests of either. 
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Seiurus noveboracensis. A pair of Water Thrushes made their home 
during the past summer about the lower pond at Cold Spring Harbor. I 
saw them every week or two for the entire summer but cannot be positive 
that they nested there, although on one occasion (June 15 ) I felt sure that 
I saw them carrying nesting material. They were at all times very shy 
and wild. ^ ^ v , 
9^' AHk, XIX, April., 1902, p. ^ /0 
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In the fall of 1879 the Water Thrush ( Siurus ncevius) was the 
characteristic bird of this neighborhood. Fort Hamilton is hardly 
the locality where one would look for the Water Thrush. Almost 
every pond in the township of New Utrecht has been drained, on 
account of the malaria that formerly prevailed, and there are no 
streams. Nevertheless from the middle of August to the latter 
part of September Water Thrushes were very abundant. They 
were found in dry woods, in pastures and orchards, and in yards 
and gardens. In fact, I found them more plenty away from than 
about moist ground. Heretofore the Water Thrush had been 
rather scarce both in spring and autumn. About the middle of 
the present month, May 1S80, I noticed it in considerable num- 
bers. 
Bull. N, 0.0, 0»J«rs,, 1881, p, /J, 
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Water Thrushes ( Seiurus noveboracensis) arrived on the same date 
as the last. [O^ zz, /?**]. 
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Notes from Western New York. 
Maurice C .Blake , Hanover ,N.H. 
Seiurus noveboracensis . — On June 2, 1906, Mr. Antes and I recorded 
eight birds of this species, seven of which were singing from the swampy 
woods bordering West River, Yates County. One pair we observed at 
close range. It would seem that this bird must be a fairly common sum- 
mer resident there. At Canandaigua the last migrant was observed May 
16. 
Auk, 24, Apr., 1907, p. 2- 2. 5*. 
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