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Prairie War beer —( Dendroica discolor). 
A small olive-green-backed warbler, with the under parts bright yellow, 
■streaked with black on the sides. The center of the back is marked in the 
adult with a brownish patch, and the under tail feathers have large white 
patches at their tips, even the outer webs having white at their bases. There 
is a yellow line over the eye, and a black, crescent-shaped mark under the eye. 
Breeds in eastern United States, northward to southern New England. 
Winters in southern Florida and West Indies. Abundant summer resident 
throughout the pine barrens of New .Jersey. 
Oven-bird; Golden-crowned Thrush—( Seiurus aurocapillus). 
A rather small, thrush-like, olive-green-backed bird, with white under parts, 
spotted with black on the breast and sides; the crown is marked with brown¬ 
ish-orange, bordered with black "stripes; wings and tail unmarked. 
Breeds in North America, from 38 degrees to Hudson bay. Winters in 
southern Florida, West Indies, Mexico and Central America. Common sum¬ 
mer resident throughout New Jersey. 
Water-thrush; Water Wagtail—( Seiurus noveboracensis). 
A small, olive-backed, thrush-like bird, with the under parts yellowish, 
streaked everywhere with black. Over the eye there is a distinct huffy line. 
Breeds in northern United States, northward. Winters in Gulf States and 
West Indies to northern South America. Common transient. 
Grinneia/s Water-thrusi-i— ( Seiurus noveboracensis). 
This is very much like the last, but larger, on the average, and with the 
upper parts darker and the under parts whiter. 
Breeds in western North America, east to the Mississippi valley. A rare 
straggler during migrations. 
Louisiana Water-thrush ; Larger-billed Water- thrush.— 
(Seiurus motacilla). 
This bird is much like the water-thrush or wagtail, but the streakings on 
the lower parts do not include the throat and middle of belly, the line over the 
eye is white and conspicuous, and the under parts are tinged .with buff color 
rather than yellow. 
Breeds in eastern United States, not ranging much north of the Carolinian 
fauna. Winters in Gulf States to the West Indies and Central America. A 
summer resident. 
Kentucky Warbler —( Geothlypsis formosa). 
An olive-green-backed warbler, with all the lower parts and a line over the 
■eye bright yellow. The crown and a blotch under the eye, extending along the 
side of the throat, are black. There are no wing bars or tail patches. 
Breeds in eastern United States, not ranging north of the Carolinian fauna. 
Winters in Cuba and eastern Mexico to Panama. It occurs at Englewood, in 
northern New Jersey, but we have no records of its occurrence in the pine 
barrens. 
