. Birds of North Carolina . spe-cies. They are all whitish below, with streaked breasts. KEY TO SPECIES Crown orange-brown with a black .streak on each side. plain brownish Hke back. See 2. Superciliary stripe buffy; underparts tinged with pale yellow. stripe white; underparts buffy-white, flanks and crissuin buff. Louisiana Waler-Thrush. ^ 302. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn). Oven-bird. Description: Ads.—Center of the crown pale rufous or ochraceous-buff, bordered on either sideby black lines; rest of the upperparts, wings, and tail l^rownish olive-preen
. Birds of North Carolina . spe-cies. They are all whitish below, with streaked breasts. KEY TO SPECIES Crown orange-brown with a black .streak on each side. plain brownish Hke back. See 2. Superciliary stripe buffy; underparts tinged with pale yellow. stripe white; underparts buffy-white, flanks and crissuin buff. Louisiana Waler-Thrush. ^ 302. Seiurus aurocapillus (Linn). Oven-bird. Description: Ads.—Center of the crown pale rufous or ochraceous-buff, bordered on either sideby black lines; rest of the upperparts, wings, and tail l^rownish olive-preen; no or tail-patches; underparts white; the sides of the throat, the breast, and sides streaked with , ; W., ; T., ; B. from N., .., (Chap., Birds of E. N. A.) _ _ Ranqe.—Eastern North America, breeding from North Carolina northward; winters in Mexico,Central America, and the West Indies. Range in North Carolina.—Whole State during the migiations, and to a large extent also Fig. 242. OVEN-BIED. The Oven-l)ird, also called the Golden-crowned Thrush, is a summer resident inNorth Carolina. It arrives in April and has been recorded as late as October here it frequents dense, shady woods, where one may constantly hear itssweet, impulsive song. In the mountains this is one of the most characteristic and abundant birds ofthe dense woods, breeding commonly in suitable situations during May and nest is built on the ground, of leaves, grasses and fibers, and is lined withhair and fine grass. In form it is dome-shaped with the entrance on one eggs number four or five, and are white, spotted and speckled with brownand gray, the markings becoming more prominent at the larger end. X .57. 300 BiKDS OF XORTH CaROLIXA cil- Below the mountains the species is reported as breeding at Statesville, Old Rimond (Forsyth County), and Chapel Hill. Besides those loealities, Bruner foundit breeding rather commonly near l
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