* Motacilla verniivora. Mr. Pennant is mistaken when he asserts, that this bird " does not appear in Pennsylvania 

 till July, in its passage northward.'' t 



C'erthia floridana (niihi). This bird I do not find figured or described. It is mentioned by Mr. Bartrani (Traveh), 

 imder the name of Motacilla coroliniana, or Regulus magnus. It is nearly twice the size of the Ilouse-Wren, 

 or Certhia faniiliaris ? Like it, its roice is loud and musical. The upper side of the Certhia floridana is of a nut- 

 brown colour, delicately marked with transver.se waved lines, of a darker colour. The throat, breast, and belly 

 are of a yellowish clay colour. A line of the same colour passes, in form of an arch, over each eye. The bill is 

 long, and a little bent downwards. This is a common bird in Carolina and Florida. It only occasionally visits 

 Pennsylvania, viz. in long and warm summers. Is much more common in the Jerseys. 



\'ultur Aura. This bird rears its young in the southern states, before its arrival among ns. I cannot learn, that it 

 ever breeds in Pennsylvania. I have been informed, that these birds have occasionally been found, in the winter- 

 season, in the hollows of trees, and in the crevices of rocks, in different parts of the United-States, even to the 

 north of Philadelphia. It is the Wi-nan-ge-u and A-ma-Uchi-pu-is of the Delawares, Soi-seh-tah of the Wvandots, 

 and Gus-soo of the Mohegans. 



* Ardea alba. Ardea immaculata of Bartram. Travels. 



.\rdea aequinoctialis. Ardea alba minor of liarlram. Travels. It is Pennant's Ued-Billed Egret. 



I'huheriza oryzivora. If I do not mistake, this bird in Connecticut is called the Strawberry-bird. On the autho- 

 rity of Mr. Catesby, it has been believed by the most respectable naturalists (Pennant and others), that the male 

 and female Rice-Birds migrate separately, at different seasons. Thus, it is imagined, that the males make their 

 appearance in the vicinity of I'hiladelphia in the spring, and the females in the autumn, or the close of summer. 

 •Some facts which have come under my notice induce me to suspect, that this is a vulgar error : one of the many 

 mistakes with which natural history is crouded and deformed. But, at present, I can only throw out the suspicion. 



* Parus bicolor. This is the Parus cristatus of Bartrani. Travels. This species feeds both upon insects and upon 

 seeds, picking the kernel out of the liusk. In Pennsylvania, it is called Tom-tit. 



* Parus virginianus. Parus cedrus of Bartram. This bird feeds upon seeds and berries, particularly upon the re- 

 sinous berries of the Juniperus virginiana, or Red-Cedar. Commonly comes to us, from the northward, about 

 the time these berries are ripe, I and seems peculiarly fond of harbouring itself among these trees. Generally 

 continues with us as long as the berries and insects (upon which also it feeds) last, and then goes northerly. 

 Sometimes, however, it continues with us all winter. 



* Ampelis Garrulus. In some parts of New-England, this species is called Cherry-Bird. Like the Parus virginia- 

 nus, it is very fond of the ripe berries of the Bed-cedar. It is also very fond of the ripe fruit of the Biospyros 

 virginiana, or Persimmon. Builds its nest in trees of a moderate size, about the end of May, or the beginning 

 of Jime. 



Fringilla cannabina ? I am n,il quite cerUiiu wlietlier this be the Frin^illa caunabina of Linn.-cus. It is certainly 

 very nearly allied to this species. Large (locks of these birds visit us towards the end of the tiill, or the begin- 

 ning of the winter. They often fly at very gi-eat heights in the air : so high that they cannot readily be seen, 

 though their noise is distinctly heard. Either this species or one very nearly allied to it is found as far south as 

 the country of the Cheerake-lndians, who call it 0-na-clo-nei-ta. If this be the Fringilla cannabina, it has an ex- 

 tensive range in North- America, for it is found in the northern parts of this continent. It is one of the species 

 which is common to the old and new world. It is not improbable, that it performs regular migrations from the 

 one continent to the other. 



* Scolopax Gallinago. I have already mentioned this species, § and have taken notice of tlie I'egularity of its ani\al 

 among us. || It is, certainly, a bird of passage. This seems to be the same species which is so common in En- 



t Arctic Zoology. Vol. II. P. loo. Sec Intioaurfion. P. viii. ; See the Tables. P. 7. ^ See Arpendii I. P. 16. |! See Introduction. P. xi. 



