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Title: Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations
Identifier: commercialpoultr11 (find matches)
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Warren, Benjamin Harry, 1858-
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Harrisburg : E. K. Meyers, State Printer
Contributing Library: Penn State University
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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294 BIRDS OF FENNSYLVANIA. streaks, which f-xtend from bill and enclose a golden or brownislj-orange space; white ring around eye ; beneath white ; breast and sides streaked with dusky or black. The young at first liave no stripes on top of head, and lower parts are light- dull brownish-yellow, with obscure dusky streaks. Habitat.—Eastern North America, north to Hudson's Bay territory and Alaska, breeding from Kansas, tlie Ohio Valley and Virginia, northward. In Avinter, south- ern Florida, the West Indies and Central America. This bird is a common summer resident, arrivinf);- here generally about the 25th of April and remaining- until about the last week of Septem- ber. Occasionally, but rarely, are birds of this spc^cies observed in the southern counties after the second week of October. During- mig-rations it is often found in thickets, and occasional!)^ is seen in yards and g-ardens. In the summer months it rarely is observed to leave its favorite retreats in dark and unfrequented localities in forests. The Oven-bird very care- fully hides its rather bulky and loosely built nest in old leaves, by the side of a log or under the projecting- edg-es of brush heaps; in addition to such protections, and to further conceal its treasvu'es from the curious eyes of egg"-collectors or other predatory animals, the top is usually covered over or roofed by the birds, who g-ain an entrance throug-h an opening- in the side. The egg's, four to six, are creamy-white, spotted with reddish-brown. They measure about .80 of an inch long- and .60 of an inch wide. The sons: of this bird is exceeding- loud, shrill and monotonous. Birds of this g-enus, when walking- on the g-round, have the habit of wagg-ing- their tails like the Spotted Sandpiptn-. The Oven-bird subsists chiefly on various forms of insect life, such as bee- tles, earthworms, crickets, flies, spiders and larva?; it also sometimes feeds on small seeds. Seiurus noveboracensis (Gmel.). AVator Thrush ; Water Wagtail; Sniall-i)illc<l Watcr-Thrush. Description (Plate 95). Length about H ; extent about 9 ; eyes brown ; bill small (rather slender as com- pared with next species), a half inch or less in length along culmen ; upper parts uniform and dark olive-brown ; below yellowish thickly and sharply streaked ex- cept on belly and under tail-(^overts with dark olivo-brown ; these streaks on breast in some specimens are quite black ; a yellowish superciliary line. Hahitnt.—F^astern United States to Illinois, and nortliward to Arctic America, breeding from the northern United States, northward. South in winter to the West Indies and northern South America. The Water Thrush is common and very g-enerally distributcnl throug-hout Pennsylvania during- migrations, or late in April, May, Sep- tember and frequently individuals are found lingering- as they pass southward, to winter it is said beyond the southern boundaries of the United States, in our southern counties late in October. Generally, however, the Water Wagtail, as many term this bird, is not found here after the last week in September. Likc^ the sandpipers this bird may COLOR PLATE IXTT-CNTTTONTAT ONin PVPOQT TRP Plate 72. ?
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i Winter Wren. 2. C&t-bird.

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