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9 . Siurus motacilla, (Yieillot) Coues. Large -billed Water- 
Thrush. — I wish, to call attention to the fact that the chin and throat of 
this species are not “ entirely immaculate,” * as described in the hooks. On 
the contrary, I have never seen a specimen, in the large number of birds 
belonging to this species which I have handled, that lacked minute mark- 
ings of brown on the chin and throat, though these are much less strong 
than in S. ncevius. There is also a whitish stripe extending from the base 
of the maxilla to the back of the eye, involving the under lid, and sepa- 
rated, anteriorly, from the superciliary line, extending from the bill, 
above the eye, to the nape, by a narrow dark band. This stripe is often 
quite conspicuous. Bu]i N _ Q> 3, JU>ril, 1878 , p. fjt . 
1963. The Large-billed, or Louisiana, Water Thrush. 
Maxffeld. Ibid., pp. 13-14- — In western New York. 
0m. ^Oologiet'e Semi-annual, Vol A- / 
Notes on some of the rarer Birds of Long Island, N. Y. : 
1. Siurus motacilla, Coues. Large-billed Water Thrush. 
A male was shot April 12, 1879 . 
Bull. N.O.O. 5, April, 1880, p, //£ 
The Large-billed Water Thrush at Lake George, N. Y. — 
Mr. N. H. Bishop presented me with two skins, male and female, of the 
Large-billed Water Thrush ( Siurus motacilla'), which he and Mr. O. B. 
Lockhart captured at Lake George, N. Y., May 8, 1877 , near a mountain 
stream. They acted as if they might he. building. This is far north for 
this Southernbird. — A. K. Fisher, M. D., Sing Sing, N. Y. 
Bull N.O.O. 5. April. 1,880, p. /' 7 . 
Another specimen of Siurus motacilla at Lake George, N. Y. 
Mr. Oliver. B. Lockhart showed me a specimen of this bird which he 
shot, May 16, i88i, at Lake George. He is positive that he has seen other 
specimens, but failed in procuring them except the pairf which he and 
Mr. Bishop killed a few years ago. — A. K. Fisher, M. D. , Sing Sing , N. 7 . 
^ t i H S lvHl 1 i i t , V r ;h -t v, Xo. 3, Oot. 187 9- . -p- .- g33-. 
t See this Bulletin, Vol. V, April, j88o, p. 11. 
Bull N.O.O. 0, Oct, 1881, p, 2 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.H.Merriam. 
35. Siurus motacilla ( Vieillot) Cones. Large-billed Water Thrush. 
— Strange as it may seem, several typical specimens of this southern bird 
have been killed about the southern end of Lake George, in Warren 
County.* 
By C. C. 
. ru .%. 
Bull N.O.O, 0,Oct. 1881. p.228 
