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THE COW-BUNTING. 337 



The Chocolate-Albatross came from Chung- 



Kwo ;* 

 And another, the Sooty, from regions of snow. 

 The CowpEN (*') too came, who, for reasons unknown, 

 Will never construct any house of her own ; 

 Like the Cuckoo, content is this bird of the west 

 To deposit her egg in another bird's nest : 



deep cliesnut brown ; face and wings, beneath whitish; another 

 variety entirely grey-brown. The first, three feet long, inha- 

 bits the Pacific Ocean ; the second, two and a half feet long, 

 inhabits China. The Chlororhyncos, or Yei.low-nosed- Alba- 

 tross, is abont three feet long, and inhabits the Pacific Ocean. 

 The Fuliginosus, or Sooty-Albatross, is the size of the last ; 

 inhabits seas in the arctic circle. 



All this tribe of birds nourish their younj; by discharging the 

 contents of their stomach. 



For another Man of-War Bird see the note on the Pelican. 



(■7) Order, Passeres, (Linn.) IJunting, the Cow, or 



COWPEN-BIRD. 



This bird, which is found in the United States of America, 

 and, probably, in many other places of the western world, is 

 called by Latham, Oriotus pecoris, or Cowpen-Oriole, 

 and by W J Lso ji, Emberizd pecoriSy Cow-Bunting, Coic-JB^fe- 

 birdf or Cowpen; it is, in consequence of its mode of laying its 

 egg, one of the most singular of the ornithological creation. 

 We are not yet sutBciently acquainted with its natural history ; 

 but, from that accurate observer, Wilson, wc learn the follow- 

 ing particulars : 



It is seven inches long; the head and neck are of a 

 deep silky^drab colour; the upper part of the head is a change- 

 able violet ; the rest of the bird is black, with a considerable 



• China. 



