L 407 1 



14. MoTACiLLA, I 32. Calendula. ^tZl- 47- Ruby 

 Wagtail. I crowned Wren. Edw. 254. 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 



(The number belonging to this bird is lost ; 

 however, it is most probably that sent from 

 Severn river, N° 53.) 



It answers to the descriptions and the figure of 

 Edwards ; its weight is 4 drams, its length 4 

 inches, and its breadth 5. It migrates, feeds 

 on grass-seeds and the like, and breeds in the 

 plains ; the number of eggs is not known. 



15. Parus, f 33. Atricapillus. 341. 6. Black Cap 

 Titmouse. ( Titmouse. 



Albany Fort, N° 11. 



The description given by Linneus answers, and 

 so does M, Brisson's in most particulars, ex- 

 cept that the quill-feathers are not white on 

 the inside. These birds stay at Albany Fort 

 all the year, yet seem most numerous in the 

 coldest weather; probably being then more 

 in want of food, they come nearer the settle- 

 ments, in order to pick up all remnants. 

 They feed on flies and small maggots, and like- 

 wise on the buds of the sprig-birch, in which 

 they perhaps only search for inse6ls ; they 

 make a twittering noise, from which the na- 

 tive call them Kiss-kiss-ke-shish. 



Parus. 



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