_Seiurus motacilla. Case 5, Fig. 5_
Line over eye and underparts white, the latter
tinted with _buff_ (not with yellow, as in the
preceding species); the throat white _unmarked_;
no white in wings or tail. L. 6-1/4.
_Range._ Nests from Georgia and Texas to southern
New England and southeastern Minnesota; winters in
the tropics.
Washington, rare S.R., Apl. 2-Sept. 14. Ossining,
common S.R., Apl. 9-Aug. 24. N. Ohio, tolerably
common S.R., Mch. 28-Sept. 15. SE. Minn., uncommon
S.R., Apl. 17-Aug. 26.
A shy spirit of woodland brooks, the Louisiana Water-Thrush resembles
the Northern Water-Thrush in habits but is more difficult to see; its
call-note is louder, its song, wilder, more ringing. Like the Oven-bird
it also has a flight, or 'ecstasy'-song. It nests in a bank or among the
roots of a fallen tree, laying 4-6 eggs, white with numerous brown
markings, in late April or early May.