AQUATIC WOOD- WAGTAIL (LOUISIANA. WATER THRUSH). 
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Plumage ordinary, soft, slightly glossy ; a few bristles at the base of the 
upper mandible. Wings of ordinary length ; first quill longest. Tail 
shortish, a little notched, the feathers rather obtuse. 
Bill deep brown above, black at the tip, flesh-coloured beneath. Iris deep 
brown. Feet and claws brown, tinged with blue. The general colour of 
the upper parts is dull greenish-brown, that of the under parts yellowish- 
white. A streak of the latter colour over the eye, from the base of the 
upper mandible, and another from the base of the lower, curving upwards 
behind the ear-coverts. Fore-neck and breast marked with sagittiform spots 
of blackish-brown ; sides under the wings streaked with the same colour. 
Length 51 inches, extent of wings 9£ ; bill along the ridge •£, along the 
gap I ; tarsus I. 
The female, as has been said, hardly differs from the male in appearance. 
The Indian Turnip. 
Arum triphyllum, Willd., Sp. PI., vol. iv. p. 480. Pursch, FI. Amer., vol. i. p. 
399. — Polyandria Polygyria, Linn. — Aroidea', Juss. 
Somewhat caulescent ; leaves ternate, with ovate acuminate leaflets : 
spadix clavate ; flowers monoecious. The flowers are green and purple, 
and the roots are used by the Indians as a remedy for colic. 
Genus II. — ANTHUS, Bechst. PIPIT. 
Bill of moderate length, straight, very slender, as broad as high at the 
base, compressed toward the end ; upper mandible 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 compressed ; 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 w r hen the wing is closed. Tail rather long, 
emarginate. 
