ede rable o 
in evalonble eats ae ei add a few r 
Anthracite Coal of ee . 33L 
and weak that the boys caught them n 
these were a number, Hs Saves ty) Rete to ee 
seen here Wein ; their. plamege, was very beautiful and va- 
riegated. Amongst those of our acquaintance, was the hom- 
as bird, goldfinch, red bird, yellow bird, ai 
e brown thrush is one of our finest sin birds, and 
ging bi Canar 
e. et the name of the “ mock-bird, ie cat-bird is 
so a singing bird, and appears sometimes to nearly equal» 
the thru Bath ot that variety and melody in its notes 
so much admir ihe mock-bird. We have two or three 
HW of 5 arrows, ce snipes, the real ortolan, and marsh 
quai he whip-poor-will, visits us with the fir rst warm 
weather 5, pal b pare ee heard his note yet, although i it is ee 
his r 
31st March. T king-bird, so called from pe 
SenEnse and one is common ; and is very. troublesom 
> our domestic bees. He "watches them with gst 
pos while they are feeding on the blossoms of white 
clover, and as many as thirty or forty bees have been found 
in the stomach of one king-bird. The wren and “ pewee” 
visit us in the spring, and retire on the first appearance of 
cold weather. The paroquet has been seen as. far east, on 
the Ohio, as the mouth of the little Hockhocking, but is only 
a transitory visiter. Gulls are frequently seen in the summer 
before a storm, fromthe south-west. We have, besides those 
CAUIGEAL AY E other birds whose names I do not know. ; 
Ant. XIV. aa Coat of. Pen - Ti a ep Ge. 
_uponits Properties and econo il Uses, , be 
refer my readers, for an i introductory view w of this 
sol Mh St to the mE of Mr. Cist on the anthracite of Wilkes- 
ieee, ublined Vol. IV. page 1, of this Journal, and to the 
there annexed, of practical men, relativetoi its uses 
ary val = . As have, however, within a few months, oni 
d consic jera s of observing. the utility 
emarks, the 
ine 
of ofathers own oe also cite some of the observations 
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