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14. MoTACiLLA,|32. Calendula. 337. 47. Ruby 

 WafTtail. I crowned Wren. Edw 2^4 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 



(The number belonging to this bird is lost • 

 however, it is most probably that sent from' 

 Severn river, N° 53.) 



It answers to the descriptions and the figure of 

 Edwards ; its weight is 4 drams, its length 4 

 mches, and its breadth 5. It migrates, feeds 

 on grass-seeds and the like, and breeds in the 

 plains ; the number of eggs is not known. 



'^. P^Rus, 133. AtricapIIlus. 341. 6. Black Cap 

 1 itmouse. ( Titmouse. 



Albany Fort, N° 11. 



The description given by Linneus answers, and 

 so does M. Brisson's in most particulars, ex- 

 cept that the quill-feathers are not white on 

 the inside. These birds stay at Albany Fort 

 all the year, yet seem most numerous in the 

 coldest weather; probably being then more 

 in want of food, they come nearer the setde- 

 ments in order to pick up all remnants, 

 rhey feed on flies and small maggots, and like- 

 wise on the buds of the sprig-birch, in which 

 they perhaps only search for inseds ; they 

 make a twittering noise, from which the na- 

 tive call them Kiss-kiss-ke-shish, 



Paruj 



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