340 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 1772. 



ounce, as it is impossible so small a bird should weigh more, the length is 6 

 inches, the breadth 10. 



34. Enucleator, 299. 3. Pine grosbeak, Br. Zool. and Faun. Am. Sept. 

 Edw. 123, 124. PI. enl. 135, f. 1. Severn river, N° 29, 30. 



It answers to the descriptions and figures of the ornithologists pretty well ; 

 only Edwards's female has the red too bright, which is rather orange in our spe- 

 cimen, on the head, neck, and coverts of the tail. This bird only visits the 

 Hudson's Bay settlements in May, on its way to the north, and is not observed 

 to return in autumn ; its food consists of birch willow buds, and others of the 

 same nature ; it weighs 2 ounces, is 9 inches long, and 1 3 broad. 



11. Emberiza, bunting, 25. Nivalis, 308, 1. Greater brambling, Br. Zool. 

 Snowbird snowfiake, ibid. Snow-bunting. Faun. Am. Sept. 1 1 . Severn river, 

 N" 24-26. 



The bird, in summer dress, corresponds exactly with the description of the 

 greater brambling, Br. Zool. The description of the snowflake, or the same 

 bird in winter dress, ibid, vol. 4, p. 19, is somewhat different, perhaps owing 

 to the different seasons the birds were caught in, as it is well known they change 

 their colour gradually. They are the first of the migratory birds, which come 

 in spring to Severn settlement; in the year 1771 they appeared April the 11th, 

 stayed about 4 or 5 weeks, and then proceeded farther northward in order to 

 breed there, they return in September, stay till the cold grows severe in No- 

 vember, then retire southward to a warmer climate. They live in flocks, feed 

 on grass-seeds, and about the dunghills, are easily caught under a small net, 

 some oatmeal being strewed under it to allure them; they are very fat, and fine 

 eating. Their weight is 1 ounce and 5 drachms, the length 64- inches, and the 

 breadth 10 inches. 



Embriza. 26. Leucophrys. New species. White crowned bunting. Severn 

 river, N° 50. Albany Fort, 10. 



This elegant little species of bunting is called a hedge sparrow at Hudson'^s 

 Bay, and has not hitherto been described. It visits Severn settlement in June, 

 and feeds on grass-seeds, little worms, grubs, &c. It weighs 4 of an ounce, 

 and is 74- inches long, and 9 inches broad; the bill and legs are flesh-coloured; 

 the male is not materially different from the female, its nests are built in the 

 bottom of willow bushes, it lays 3 eggs of a chocolate colour. It visits Albany 

 Fort in May, breeds there, and leaves it in September. 



12. Fringilla, Finch, 27. Lapponica, 317, 1- Faun. Suec. 235. Severn 

 river, N° 52. 



It is called tecurmashish, by the natives at Hudson's Bay. The description in 

 Linnseus's Fauna Suecica coincides exactly with the specimen ; that in his system 



