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they find means to feed on the fruit of the common juniper, 

 so abundant in that quarter. Mr. Audubon has observed a 

 few stragglers of this species in the autumn in this part of 

 Massachusetts. 



CEDAR BIRD. 



(Bombycilla Carolincnsis, Bonap. Syn. No. 68. B. americana, Rich. 

 and Swains. North. Zool. ii. p. 239.) 



Of this bird, so common in the United States, Mr. Drum- 

 mond saw small flocks on the south branch of the Saskat- 

 chewan. It likewise frequents the northern shores of Lakes 

 Huron and Superior in the summer. 



The scarlet wax-like appendages on the secondaries, as 

 I have elsewhere remarked, are sometimes conspicuous the 

 moment the young bird is fledged. At other times whole 

 flocks of young birds may be seen without any vestige of 

 these accidental ornaments, and more particularly in those 

 which are hatched late in the season. In these birds also there 

 is less black about the face, and the whole color is more ob- 

 scure, grey and plumbeous ; whether these alter after moult- 

 ing, or blending among others form the plain individuals, 

 almost always met with in every flock, remains to be ascer- 

 tained. 



CALENDRE LARK. 



(Alauda calandra, Linn. Syst. p. 288. Lath. iii. p. 382. Rich, and 

 Swains. North. Zool. ii. p. 244. Calandra Lark, Penn. Arct. 

 Zool. ii. No. 280. The Calandra, Edwards, Glean, pi. 268. La 

 Calandra, ou Grosse Mouette, Burr. v. p. 49. Id. PI. Enlum. 363.) 



Sp. Charact. — Dark reddish-brown; a black line from the bill 

 passing beyond the eye, and a narrow crescent of the same across 

 tlie breast ; belly, vent, and throat white. 



