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minck as occurring in Japan, and has been observed by Dv 

 Richardson, Mr Macculloch, and others in North America, 

 where it migrates in the same manner. With us it is gener- 

 ally shy, easily put to flight, and of active habits. It is 

 said to feed not only on berries of the ivy, rowan, white- 

 thorn, and wild roses, but also on insects, which it pursues 

 in the same manner as Shrikes and Flycatchers. The Cedar 

 Bird of America, which is a species of the same genus, is 

 represented as feeding chiefly on berries, but as also seizing 

 insects in the manner of Flycatchers, although not with equal 

 dexterity. Both species are said to be much addicted to glut- 

 tony, and in a state of captivity to gorge themselves so ex- 

 cessively as sometimes to be suffocated. The habits of the 

 American species have been pretty well described by Wilson 

 and others, but those of the European are little known. The 

 latter is usually named the Bohemian Chatterer, although a 

 remarkably silent bird, and not more common in Bohemia 

 than in many other parts of Germany. As the black patch 

 on the throat is one of its principal distinctive characters, 

 Black-throated is evidently a better specific name than Bohe- 

 mian. 



