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DESCRIPTION. 
PLACE, 
Wi AUR: FBI a Fs aR 
it did appear to him, that thefe birds probably breed in the parts ad- 
jacent. The Colonel continued to fhoot thefe at various times till 
Chrifimas, after which none were feen: the laft he killed was from a 
furze buth covered with faow: he is inclined to believe that they are 
full as common as the Stone Chat, for notwithftanding he faw and 
heard fevera! every time he was out with the gun, they proved fo fhy, 
that it was impoftible to procure many good fpecimens, nor can we 
be always fure of fhooting them at all. The above would appear to 
bring fome proof of their breeding thereabouts, or at leaf’ to make 
us fuppofe, that if migratory, they might be found im the fame parts 
at ftated feafons; but ftrange as it 3s, notwithftanding the ftriCteft 
fearch, they have not been met with from the above period to the 
prefent time, nor can their movement be at all accounted for ; it is not 
probable that after Chrifimas, with fnow upon the ground, they 
would be inclined to move northward, nor could they go to the fouth, 
except they paffed the channel, which at that time of the year does not 
feem a likely circumftance. 
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Sylvia protonotarius, fad. Oru: il. p. 542.1238. 
Parus aureus alis ceruleis, Blue-winged Yellow Bird, Bartr. Trav. p. 290? - 
Prothonotary Warbler, Gez, Syx. iy. p. 494. 123- 
N addition to the former defcription of this bird, I find that the four 
middle tail feathers are black, the outer one white on the inner 
web, except at the tip, which, as well as the whole of the outer web, 
is black; the next on each fide the fame; the third differs only in. 
having the white occupying lefs fpace; the fourth wholly black, ex- 
cept a fpot of white on the middle of the inner web. 
I am indebted to Mr. Abbot, of Georgia, for the above, who informs, 
me that it inhabits that province, but that it is a very rare fpecies, 
