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state, in the holes of banks. I am also told, that above thirty years ago, a number of these birds were found in 

 a Gum-tree (Nyssa sylvaticat), about four miles from the town of Lancaster. This was in the depth of winter. 

 They were all torpid, but some of them, upon the application of heat, recovered. 



Of the four species of Pennsylvania swallows, (viz. Ilirundo purpurea, the Hirundo rustica ? the Ilirundo , 



and the Hirundo pelas^ia) the first, or Purple Martin, is the one which commonly vi.sits us the earliest, viz. at 

 the end of March, or beginning of .\pril. The House-Swallow and the Little Bank-Martin come ne.\t, and the 

 Chimney-Bird last of all. This, at least, is the general order of the appearance of the four species. 



* Hirundo rustica ? This is not the Hirundo rustica of Europe. It wants a name. It may be called Hirundo hor- 

 reorum, from its so generally frequenting our barns to build its nest. But this name is liable to objections. I 

 do not know any nf our Indian names for this species. One of these (if not too long) would be the best specific 

 name we could give to it. 



* Hirundo . Little Bank-Martin. This is not the Ilirundo riparia of Linnaeus. It has, however, very 



much the manners or habits of that bird. I have never seen the Ilirundo riparia in any part of America. Kalm, 

 Pennant, Gmelin, and other writers assert that it is a native of this continent. Dr. Belknap (P. 173) mentions 

 the Ilirundo riparia in his list of the birds of New-Hampshire : but I do not doubt that he means our Little 

 Bank-Martin. I know (without any particular allusion to my excellent deceased fi-iend) how the nomenclature 

 of natural history has been conducted in .\merica. 



* Falco piscatoriiis. This is Catesby's and Bartram's name. It is the Ni-me-nccs of the Delaware-Indians. 



* t'erthia Pinus. 



* Fringilla graminea. This is the Passer campestris of Bartram. MS. 



* Motacilla cperulea. Perhaps, this bird is more properly a species of the genus Parus. It forms a very curious 

 nest of the moss which grows upon rocks, trees, &c. 



* Ardea Ilerodias. See Sectinu III. p. 12. 



* Alcedo Alcyon. Tis-lu'-mcnt-nis ? of the Delaware-Indians. 



* Colymbus septentrinnalis. Flocks of these birds frequent our large rivers, di^'ing for fi.sh. Their voice is musical, 

 especially when a southerly wind blows .strong. This is the Colymbus musicus of Bartram. Travels. It is as 

 large as a goose. 



* Colymbus migratorius of Bartram. This is near the size of a goose. Colour black. Bill red. Their principal 

 food is eels and other fish. They vi.sit the neighbourhood of Philadelphia, when the frosts are passed. They ge- 

 nerally fly in companies of two, three, or four together, and but a little above the surface of the water. 



* Colymbus Podiceps. This is sometimes called the Water- Witch. 



* Anas .spon.*a. This beautiful species is the Gi-gi-tschi-mu-k of the Delaware-Indians. It builds its nest in the holes 

 of trees. Attempts have been made to domesticate it : but hitherto, they have not, I believe, been successful. 



* Columba caroUuensis. See Section III. P. 12. It is the Me-med-ha-cke-mo of the Delaware-Indians. 



* Columba migi'atoria. These birds commonly pass the winter-season in the forests of Carolina, Georgia, and the 

 twoFloridas; and pass over the Gulph of .Mexico to the Bahama-Islands. Upon their return southward in the 

 autumn, they sometimes stay with us a considerable time, and they have been known, during our mild winters, to 

 continue with us, as I have already observed. See Section HI. P. 12. and Introduction. P. ix. §. XVI. 



t Of Marshall: Ny83a integrifolia of AitoD. 



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