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XXII. CHATTERER. Gen. Birds, XUII. 



207. Prib. Chatterer, Caiejhy, i. 46. — Edw. 2i,2. — Br. Zoo/, i. N° 112. 



Le Jafeur de la Caroline, Brijfan, ii. 337. — Di Buffon, Oif. ill. 441.— 

 Latham, ii. 93. — Lev. Mus. — Bl. Mus. 



(H. With a black bill : black band of feathers acrofs the fore-r^ 

 head, extended on each fide of the eyes towards the hind part, 

 of the head: head crefted ; color of that and neck a pale reddifh 

 brown: chin black: back deep brown: rump grey: coverts of 

 wings cinereous : quil feathers dufky ; ends of the feven laft tipt. 

 with wax-like, or enameled appendages, of a bright fcarlec color :. 

 tail dufky, tipt with bright yellow : breaft whitiih : belly and thighs 

 of a light yellow: legs black. Eength feven inches,. Female. 

 wants the fcarlet appendages to the wings.- 

 Place. Inhabits America, from Nova Scotia to Mexico- zndi Cayenne *. The.- 



Mexican name is Coqimntototl. Fernandez.'\ fays, it lives in the 

 mountanous parts of the country. Feeds on feeds ; but is remark- - 

 able neither for its fong, or the delicacy of its flelli. It migrates - 

 in flocks to Nem Tork i\\t latter end oi March -, hrtediS, therein 

 May and Jime ; and retires fouth in flocks in November. 



The differences betv/een this btrd, and the Chatterers of- the: 

 old continent, are thefe : — it is about an inch inferior, in length : it:, 

 wants the rich yellow on the wings; but, as a recompence, has the^- 

 fame beautiful color on the belly. 

 In Eurofe. The European varieties are found, as high as Drontheim, and appear 



in great numbers during winter, about Peterfiurg and Mo/cow,^ 

 and in all parts of Rujfia, and are taken in flocks. . They do 

 not breed there: retiring to the very ar£iic. circle for that purpofe. . 

 It is faid, that they never have been obferved beyond the river 

 Lena : and that they are much fcarcer in Sibiria than RuJJta. Mr. 

 Bell faw fome about Toboljki in December %. The navigators found 

 them, September 1778, on the weftern caaft of America, in lat, , 

 64.30.: long. 198. 30. 



* J) e Buffon, i HiJ}. av> Nov, Hi/p. ^^. i Trawls,!. igS. 



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