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ous shades of purple and black." Nuttall does not appear to have 

 met with any specimens exhibiting the peculiarity of form noticed by 

 Wilson, but it is very apparent in one I possess, which I obtained from 

 Mr. A. D. Bartlett, of Camden Town, and which, in other respects 

 as well, closely corresponds with the descriptions of Audubon and 

 Wilson. 



The vegetable food of this bird appears to consist of berries of 

 every description, from those of the red cedar {Juniperus Virginiana, 

 Willd.) and cherry, whence it derives its commonest names, to those 

 of the sour-gum, pride of China, wax-myrtle, persimon, and, when 

 they visit the West Indies, the cashew. 



It may be as well to give here the names of this species, as used by 

 the various authors whose works I have consulted ; I therefore sub- 

 join a list, giving the synonymes of the bird, and the dates to which 

 they can be referred. 



1754. The Chatterer, Le Jaseur de la Caroline, Catesby, Nat. Hist. 



Carol, i. 46, pi. 

 1758. The Chatterer of Carolina, Le Jaseur de la Caroline, Edw. 



Gl. Nat. Hist. 66, pi. 242. 

 1760. Le Jaseur de la Caroline, Bombycilla Carolinensis, Brisson, 



Ornith. ii. 337. 

 1788. Ampelis garrulus, (3., Linn. Syst. Nat. (Gmel.) ii. 838. 

 ] 807. Bombycilla cedrorum, Le Jaseur du Cedre, Vieill. Ois. de 



l'Am. Sept. i. 88, pi. 57. 

 1808. Cedar Bird, Ampelis Americana, Wils. Am. Ornith. i. 107, 



pi. vii. 1. 

 1831. Cedar Bird, Bombycilla Americana, Swains. Faun. Bor.-Am. 



ii. 239. 

 1831-9. The Cedar Bird, Bombycilla Carolinensis, Audub. Ornith. 



Biog. i. 227; v. 494. B. of Am. pi. 43. 

 1838. Bombycilla Carolinensis, Bonap. Comp. List of B. 9. 

 1840. Cedar Bird or Cherry Bird, Nutt. Man. of Ornith. Land B. 



ed. 2, 274 ; Water B. App. 580. 

 1847. Cedar Bird, Ampelis Carolinensis, Gosse, B. of Jamaica, 197. 

 1849. Ampelis cedrorum, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. i. 278. 



Of the coloured figures of the bird to which I have given reference, 

 that of Audubon alone presents a correct idea of this beautiful species. 

 In some of the New England States it is known by the name of " Ca- 

 nada Robin," while the Canadians term it " Recollet." 



The following is NuttalFs description of Ampelis Carolinensis : — 



