Olive, showing rusty brown on wings and tail; crested head; throat and breast, ashy-gray; wing-bars; belly sulphur-yellow; usually perches high; note, “loud whistle.” [Blue Jay.]
62. LOUISIANA WATER-THRUSH. 6-1/4 in.
(Seiurus motacilla. 676.)
Olive; white below, buff-tinged posteriorly and streaked, but not thickly, with dusky; throat and middle of belly, unmarked; white line over eye; loud, ringing song. [Grinnell Water-Thrush.] [Ovenbird.] [Palm Warbler.]
63. LEAST FLYCATCHER. 5-1/4 in.
(Empidonax minimus. 467.)
Olive-gray; wings, tail and head, darker; two narrow wing-bars; decidedly grayish below, whiter on throat; jerks its tail and utters a sharp, energetic call, “che-bec´.” [Wood Pewee.] [Phoebe.]
64. WOOD THRUSH. 7-3/4 in.
(Hylocichla mustelina. 755.)
Bright brown on head shading to olive-brown on rump and tail; white beneath, with conspicuous round spots except on throat and middle of belly; remarkable song. [Other Thrushes.] [Fox Sparrow.]