. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 86 aOLPEN-CROWNED Til RUSH, M falling with an almost iinj)ore('ptil)lt« griidation till they are scarcely artioulal.'d. At those times the musiciiiu is i)erelie(l on the middle branches of a tree over the brook or river bank, pouring out his chaniiing melody, that may ho distinctly heard for nearly half a mile. The voice of this little bird appeared to me so exquisitely sweet and expressive, that I was never tired of listening to it, while traversing the deep slmdeil hollows of those
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. 86 aOLPEN-CROWNED Til RUSH, M falling with an almost iinj)ore('ptil)lt« griidation till they are scarcely artioulal.'d. At those times the musiciiiu is i)erelie(l on the middle branches of a tree over the brook or river bank, pouring out his chaniiing melody, that may ho distinctly heard for nearly half a mile. The voice of this little bird appeared to me so exquisitely sweet and expressive, that I was never tired of listening to it, while traversing the deep slmdeil hollows of those cane-brakea where it usually resorts. I have never yet met with its nest. The Water Thrush is six inches long, and nine and a half in extent; the whole upper parts are of a uniform and very dark olive, with a line of white extending over the eye, and along the sides of the neck ; the lower parts are white, tinged with yellow ochre; the whole breast and sides are marked with pointed spots or streaks of bluck or deep brown ; bill dusky brown; logs flesh-colored; tail nearly even; bill formed almost exactly liko the Golden-crowned Thrush {Turdus mirocapillus), and except in frequenting the water, much resembling it in manners. Male and female nearly alike. ".â â :-i- )M' â i' 1. Species VII. TUItDUS AUROCAPILLUS. GOLDEN-GROWNED THRUSH. [Plate XIV. Fig. 2.] Edw. 252.âLath, in., 2\.â La fii/uiir d lite d'or, Briss. in., 50-1.âLa Griveletle dt Si. DowiiKjue, Bi'KF. ni.,";il7, /'/. E>il .398.â^Irr'. Zml. p. 3311, No. 203.â Turdiis minimus, vertict Auiio, the leant Goldvn-croum TJtrush, Bartram, p. 290. Though the epithet ffoMi'n-crowncd, is not very suitable for this bird, that part of the head being rather of a brownish orange, yet, to avoid confusion, I have retained it. This is abo a migratory species, arriving in late in April, and leaving us again late in Scptoin!)er. It is altogether an inhabitant of the woods, runs along the ground like a l
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