356 
WATER THRUSH. 
back with dusky stripes; tail-coverts, ash, tipt with olive; 
tail, black, edged with dull white ; the three exterior feathers, 
marked near the tip with white ; wings, deep dusky, edged 
with olive, and crossed with two bars of white ; primaries, also 
tipt, and three secondaries next the body, edged with white ; 
upper mandible, dusky brown ; lower, as well as the chin and 
breast, dull yellow ; belly and vent, white ; legs, dusky brown ; 
feet and claws, yellow ; a pale yellow ring surrounds the eye. 
The males of these birds often warble out some low, but very 
sweet notes, while searching among the leaves in autumn. 
WATER THRUSH— TURDUS AQUATICUS. 
Plate XXIII. Fig. 5. 
j Peak's Museum , No. 6896. 
SEIUR US AQUA TIC US. — S wainson. 
New York Warbler, Penn. Arct. Zool. ii. p. 803. — Sylvia Noveboracensis, Bonap. 
Synop. p. 77 Seiurus aquaticus, Aquatic Accentor, North. Zool. ii. p. 229. 
This bird is remarkable for its partiality to brooks, rivers, 
shores, ponds, and streams of water ; wading in the shallows 
in search of aquatic insects, wagging the tail almost continually, 
chattering as it flies; and, in short, possesses many strong 
traits and habits of the Water Wagtail. It is also exceedingly 
shy, darting aw r ay on the least attempt to approach it, and 
uttering a sharp chip repeatedly, as if greatly alarmed. Among 
the mountain streams in the state of Tennesee, I found a 
variety of this bird pretty numerous, with legs of a bright 
yellow colour ; in other respects it differed not from the rest. 
About the beginning of May it passes through Pennsylvania 
to the north ; is seen along the channels of our solitary streams 
for ten or twelve days ; afterwards disappears until August. 
It is probable that it breeds in the higher mountainous 
districts even of this state, as do many other of our spring 
visitants that regularly pass a week or two with us in the 
