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reach, it again launched into the air, and made off, calling on the other 
to follow with all possible speed. After flying for some time, and 
finding itself unattended, it again returned and alighted on a top near 
the one it had just left. The opportunity was too good to be lost, and 
notwithstanding our admiration of this additional instance of its fidelity, 
we shot it down, affection for its species being the occasion of its ruin. 
These, my dear Sir, are all the observations I was enabled to make 
upon these interesting birds, during the short and only time they ever 
came under my notice. From the man I learned that before the first 
shot they were quite mute, and unsuspicious of danger. Some days 
after these were obtained, a single one was observed by my father re- 
peatedly to come and sit for a considerable time on some willows at 
the bottom of our garden, but not being accustomed to the use of a gun, 
he did not procure it. Whether this was the wounded one or not, we 
could not tell, but from the affection of the bird for its kind, we thought 
that possibly it might be that one in search of its lost companions.” 
AMPELIS GaRRULUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. vol.i. p. 297.—Lath. Ind. Ornith. vol. i. p. 363. 
BomsByciiia Garrua, Ch. Bonap. Amer. Ornith. vol. iii. pl. 16, fig. 2.—Synopsis of 
Birds of United States, p. 438. 
BomByciiia GarRvuLa, Richards. and Swains. Fauna Bor.-Americana, vol. ii. p. 237. 
Hurorean WaxeEn-cHaTTERER, Wutiall, Manual, vol. ii. p. 579. 
Adult Male. Plate CCCLXIII. Fig. 1. 
Bill short, rather stout, straightish, broader than high at the base, 
compressed towards the end; upper mandible with its dorsal line con- 
vex and declinate towards the tip, which is deflected, narrow, and 
rather acute, its sides convex, its edges sharp and overlapping, with a 
distinct notch ; lower mandible with the angle short and wide, the dor- 
sal line convex and ascending, the edges sharp and inflected, the tip 
very small, acute, ascending, with a small sinus behind. Gape-line 
nearly straight, the upper mandible having a wide festoon near the 
base. Nasal membrane large, feathered ; nostrils oval, partially con- 
cealed. : 
Head ovate, of ordinary size; neck short ; body full. Feet rather 
short ; tarsus short, rather stout, compressed, with six anterior scu- 
tella, and two plates behind, meeting so as to form an edge, except at 
the lower part; toes of moderate size, first stout, third and fourth 
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