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gust, and goes away southward again the 

 latter end of September. 



19. TRINGA, (42. Interpres. 248. 4. Turnstone. 

 Sand-piper. { Edw. 141. Faun. Am. Sept. 14. 



Severn River, N 31 and 32. 



This species is well described by the ornitho- 

 logists ; its weight is 3-^- ounces, the length 

 8| inches, and the breadth 1 7 inches ; it 

 has four young at a time ; its eyes are black, 

 and the feet of a bright orange : this bird 

 frequents the sides of the river. 



43. Helvetica. 250. 12, Brisson. Av. V. p. 106. 

 t. ID. f. 2. 



(The number was lost, perhaps it is N 17, 

 from Fort Albany ; upon that supposition the 

 account is as follows : " the natives call it 

 " Waw-pusk-abrea-shish, or white bear bird ; 

 " it feeds on berries, insects, grubs, worms, 

 " and small shell-fish ; visits and leaves Al- 

 " bany fort at the same time with the Sco- 

 " lop ax Totamis, and Borealis"} 



I find this bird answers very well to its descrip- 

 tion ; the throat, breast, and upper part of 

 the belly are blackish, as in the descriptions, 

 but mixed with white lunulated spots, which 

 are neither described nor expressed in M. 

 Brisson's figure, and may be owing to the 

 difference of sex, or climate. 



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