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tlie tree, and found that the birds were svv-allo^v^ 

 of the chimney kind. The tree was an ehn of 

 a large size, and hollow fifty or sixty feet from 

 the ground. Remaming for several days in the 

 vicinity I observed the swallows in the fore part 

 of the day going out, and in the latter part of 

 the day going in at the same place. I chop- 

 ped a hole in the tre§ from whence I could sec 

 tlirough it to the place where they went out, 

 and found that they extended from fifty or sixty- 

 feet in height near down to the ground ; and 

 appeared to be sticking to the tree as thick as 

 they could be placed, and that the sides of the 

 cavity Avere every where lined with them ; a 

 considerable part of them seemed to lie in a 

 torpid state." 



From these accounts I am led to believe that 

 the house swallow, in this part of America, 

 generally resides during the winter, in the hollow 

 of trees ; and that the ground swallows, find 

 security in the mud, at the bottom of lakes, 

 rivers, and ponds. 



Of the SjNGiNG Birds, the follov/ing are 

 the most distinguished, either by the variety gf 

 their notes, or by the melody of their so\uid : 

 The Robin. Turdus Mtgratorious. 

 Skylark. Alauda Alpestris. 

 Thrush. Turdus Riifriis. 

 Thrasher, or Mockbird. Turdus Pohjglottos^, 

 Boblincoln. Emberiza Oryzivora^ 

 Yellowbird. Frln^illa Aiirea. 

 Bluebird. MotacUla Coerulia, 

 Wren. MotacUla Regulus. 

 Red winged Blackbird. Tutxius Niger Alk Sa^ 

 perne liubsntlbus. 



