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quill and tail feathers an- dusky, and in l>ot!i 

 Uie outermost feather only has a white - 

 rior margin. The coverts of the tail are of 

 a pale ferruginous colour, and two of them 

 are nearly as long as the tail itself. The sca- 

 pulars are ferruginous; in the male, the head 

 and whole back have a tinge of the same co- 

 lour, marked with dusky streaks ; in the fe- 

 male, the back is grey, and the dusky stripes 

 of a darker hue. The crown of the head is 

 black in the male, dusky in the female ; the 

 forehead is yellow, the bill and feet are black, 

 the belly of a dirty reddish white. These 

 larks are migratory, they visit the environs 

 of Albany Fort in the beginning of May, 

 but go further northward to breed : they feed 

 on grass-seeds, and buds of the sprig-birch ; 

 run into small holes, and keep close to the 

 ground, from whence the natives give them 

 the name of Chi-chup-pi-sue. 



9. Turdus. | 2 1. Migratorius, 292. 6. American 

 Thrush.) Fieldfare. Kalm II. p. 90. Faun. Am. 

 Sept. II. Catesby I. 29. 



Severn River, N 59. Albany Fort, 7, 8, 9. 



The descriptions of these birds in various authors 

 coincide with the specimens ; at Severn River 

 they appear at the beginning of May, and 

 leave the environs before the frost sets in. 

 At Moose Fort, in the north latitude 51. 

 they build their nest, lay their eggs, and hatch 

 their young in the space of fourteen days ; 

 but at York fort and Severn settlement this is 



done 

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