Notice of some American Birds. 



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is hatched. The writer has lately found an instance of the contra- 



invariable, may yet be explained without affecting the existing theo- 

 ries on this subject. Supposing, as Audubon does, that the egg of 

 the cow bunting, requires a shorter period to hatch it, than the eggs 

 of the bird in whose nest it is, yet if the original eggs had been'^at 

 on for some days before the other was laid, they might both be hatch- 

 ed at the same time, and the parent birds would in such a case, take 

 equal care of the whole brood. 



On the 16th of June, I found near the lower village of Ticonde- 

 roga, a nest of the chipping sparrow, {Fringilla sodalis, Wih.) on 

 a stunted cedar, about four feet from the ground ; it contained four 

 birds, three were sparrows, the other was a bunting. They were 

 probably not more than three or four days old, were still blind, and 

 nearly destitute of down. The bunting took up about as much of 



e nest, and was neariy twice as long as the other three ; its belly 

 was larger, extended much farther back, and protruded considera- 

 bly, the only down on it was of a deep grey and running along the 

 back, it was mute and sullen, the others were clamorous and ap- 

 parently in want of food. On my hiding myself, the old birds fed 

 them with worms, and as nearly as 1 could observe, they attended to 



all alike. As I procured the old birds, there could be no mistake 

 as to the nest. 



Memorandum of Birds and Animals in Fulton Market, N. York. 



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January. 

 !• Sciurus vulpinus. 

 2. Lepus Americanus. 



3. 



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variabilis. 



Must 



5. Common wild Deer, 



6. Embenza Americana. 



7. Turdus migratorius. 



8. Alauda Alpestris. 



^. Meleacrrw Gnlnnavo. \ 



No, 1. A very few Ducks and 

 sea-birds. 



March. 

 13- Corvus cristatus. 

 ?fos. 2, 8, 10, 6. 



14. Strix nyctea. Ducks plen- 

 tiful. 



15. Scolopax gallinago. 



16. Sturnus prtedatorius. 



17. Emberiza Pecorls. 



10. ColumbaCaroIinensis, great 18. Turdus migralorius. 

 variety of Ducks and sea-birds. No. 1. 



February. April. 



11. Sciurus niger. 19. Fringilla tristis. 



12. Red squirrel. - 20. Rallus Carolinianus. 



