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FRINGILLA. 30. Hudsonias. New Specimen. 

 Severn River, N 18. 



This is certainly a nondescript species ; it only 

 visits Severn settlement in summer, not 

 being seen there before June, when it stays 

 about a fortnight, goes further to the north- 

 ward to breed, and passes by Severn again 

 in autumn on its return south. It is very dif- 

 ficult to procure, and therefore it could not 

 be determined whether the specimen was a 

 male or female. It frequents the plains, and 

 lives on grass-seeds ; it weighs \ an ounce, 

 is 6^- inches long, and 9 inches broad : it has 

 a small blue eye, and a whitish bill faintly 

 tinged with red ; the whole body is blackish, 

 or of a soot colour, the belly alone with the 

 two outermost tail feathers on each side being 

 white. It is to be wished that more speci- 

 mens and circumstantial accounts of this 

 bird were sent over, which would enable us 

 to determine its character with more preci- 

 sion. 



13. MUSCICAPA, J 31. Striata. New Species, Striped 

 Flycatcher. ( Flycatcher. 



Severn River, N 48 and 49. Male and Female. 



This species visits Severn river only in summer, 

 feeding on grass-seeds, etc.; it weighs half an 

 ounce, is 5 inches long, and seven broad ; 

 the male is widely different from the female : 

 this species is entirely nondescript. 



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