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Descriptions of two New Bi he genus Tyrannula. 273 
Species spending the sur 
Species resident all 1 
Winter visitors, . 
Besides the birds n in the list, we have ascertained from 
report that some other’species visit us oecasionally. Barton, in 
a work entitled “Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsyl- 
vania,”’ states that abont the year 1760 large flocks of the Caro- 
lina Parakeet, (Conurus Carolinensis, Linn.,) were seen in 
Sherman’s Valley, some twelve miles north of Carlisle. So un- 
usual a circumstance caused great terror in the minds of the ig- 
-Rorant settlers, just as the appearance of the Bohemia Chatterer, 
(Bombycilla garrula,) in various parts of the north of Europe, 
occasions the dread of some evil, which a visit from these birds 
is supposed to portend. A small Rail, probably Ortygometra. 
Jamaicensis, Briss., has sometimes been killed in our vicinity, 
though not of late years. The Common Crossbill, (Lozia cur- 
virostra, Linn.,) is reported by persons living near the mountains, 
to be frequently seen in winter. A small Ring Plover has also 
been killed in our neighborhood. : : Ge. 
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Descriptions of two species, supposed to be new, of the genus Ty 
_rannula, (Swainson,) found in Cumberland County, Penn. 
By Wm. M. and S. F. Barrp, of Carlisle, Penn.* 
~ For the first of the species hereafter described, we propose the 
Name of T'yrannula flaviventris, the bright yellow color of the 
lower parts constituting a striking feature. ‘The other we have 
tamed T'yrannula minima, it being the least of all our North 
American Tyrannule. | 
~ The similarity in color and size between a number of our small 
tyrant fly-catchers being very great, we have deemed it best to 
Send with the specimens of the two described, skins of 7. Aca- 
dica and T’. Traillii, species which most nearly resemble them. 
Bya comparison of the four, the distinctive features of each will 
he Journal of the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 
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