The Singing of Birds. E. P. Bicknell. 
Siurus nsevius. Small-billed Water-Thrush 
In full song while passing in the spring, 
is ordinarily silent, though probably not i 
song of a Water-Thrush heard in the evening 
I felt very sure was of this species. 
On its return visit it 
nvariably so. The 
of August 25, 1879, 
Auk, L, July, 1884. p. 2 fV- 
1 he Water Thrush in Confinement. — During the early part of 
the summer of 1 S 81 , one of my juvenile attendants stopped me on my 
official inspection around the Garden, remarking that he had captured a 
half-drowned Sparrow, and asked if it should be given to the rattlesnakes. 
On examination, to mv surprise, it proved to be a Water Thrush ( Siurus 
ntzvius). with its plumage so water-soaked that it was unable to fly. I had 
it placed in one ot the aviaries in company with several specimens of 
Turdus mustelinus, T. fuscescens, Mimas carol ineusis, Harporhynchus 
rufus , etc., where it soon recovered and could be seen daily, busily engaged 
in capturing the insects attracted by the prepared food placed in the aviary. 
As the cold weather approached and its insect food failed, it changed its 
diet to the prepared food, and is still alive, in fine plumage, having safely 
passed through two moults. — Frank J. Thompson. Zoological Garden , 
Cincinnati. Ohio. Buli.ff.Q.Q. 8 , Jan, 1883, p, 
333- Small-billed Water Thrush. By M. K. Barnum. Ibid., VI, p. 
66 .— Nesting in Onondaga Co., N. Y. 
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