Plate XIX. Plate CCCCXXXIII. Fig. 7.
Upper parts dull greenish-brown, wings and tail dark chocolate-brown,
lower parts pale yellow; a streak of the latter from the bill over the
eye; loral space, and a streak behind the eye dusky; cheeks
yellowish-grey, streaked with brown; the whole fore part and sides of
the neck, the breast, and sides, marked with triangular
blackish-brown spots, which are more elongated on the sides; abdomen
and lower tail-coverts unspotted; bill dusky; feet flesh-coloured and
transparent. Individuals vary, the throat sometimes without spots, the
lower parts pale or yellowish-white, the feet dusky tinged with
purple.
_Male_, 6-2/12, 9-1/2. _Female_, 5-8/12, 8-7/12.
In winter resident from Texas to Florida, including Louisiana. In
summer migrates as far as the Fur Countries. Not Abundant.
Water Thrush, Turdus aquaticus, Wils. Amer. Orn. v. iii. p.
66.
Sylvia novæboracensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 77.
Seiurus aquaticus, Aquatic Accentor, Swains. & Rich. F. Bor.
Amer. v. ii. p. 229.
New York or Aquatic Thrush, Turdus novæboracensis, Nutt. Man.
v. i. p. 353.
Louisiana Water Thrush, Turdus ludovicianus, Aud. Orn. Biog.
v. i. p. 99.
Common Water Thrush, Turdus aquaticus, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. v.
p. 284.
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 when the wing is closed. Tail rather long, emarginate.