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id. Loxia,j*23. Curviroftra, 299. 1. Crofsbilll 

 Grolbeak ? \Br. Zool. Faun. Am. Sept. 11. The 

 fmall variety. 

 Severn River* N° 27 and 2.8. 



This bird comes to Severn River the latter end 

 of May, breeds more to the northward, and 

 returns in autumn, in its way to the fouth, de- 

 parting at the fetting in of the froft. The 

 irides in the male are of a beautiful red, in. 

 the female yellow : the weight is faid to be 

 10 ounces (probably by miftake for 1 ounce, 

 as it is impomble fo fmall a bird fhould weigh 

 more), the length is 6-inches, the breadth 10. 



24. Enucleator, 299. 3. Pine Grofbeak. Br. Zool, 

 and Faun. Am. Sept. Edw. ilfcgi 124. Pi. enL 



135- f - '• 

 Severn River, N° 29, 30. 



It anfwers to the defcriptions and figures of the 

 ornithologi{fs pretty well j only Edwards's fe- 

 male has the red too bright, which is rather 

 orange in our fpecimen, on the head, neck,, 

 and coverts of the tail. This bird only vifits 

 the Hudfon's Bay fettlemen,ts in May, on its 

 way to the north, and is not obferved to re- 

 turn in autumn ; its food confifts of birch- 

 willow buds, and others of th&fame nature ; 

 it weighs 2 ounces, is o, inches long, and 

 13 broad, 



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