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r.%. MotaciLla, 1 32. Calendula. 337. 47. Ruby 

 Wagtail. \ crowned Wren. Edw. 254. 

 Faun. Am. Sept. 



(The number belonging to this bird is loft; 

 however, it is molt probably that fent from 

 Severn river, N° 53.) 

 It anfwers to the defcriptions and the figure of 

 Edwards ; its weight is 4 drams, its length 4 

 inches, and its breath 5. It migrates, feeds 

 on grafs-feeds and the like, and breeds in the 

 plains j the number of eggs is not known. 



15. Parus,/^. Atricapillus. 341. 6. Black Cap 

 Titmcufe. \ Titmoufe. 



Albany Fort, N° 11. 



The defcription given by Linneus anfwers, and 

 fo does M. BrifTon's in moll particulars, ex- 

 cept that the quill-feathers are not white on 

 the infide. Thefe birds flay at Albany Fort 

 all the year, yet feem moft numerous in the. 

 coldeft weather ; probably being then more 

 in want of food, they come nearer the fettle- 

 ments, in order to pick up all remnants.. 

 They feed on flies and (mall maggots, and like- 

 wife on the buds of the fprig-birch, in which 

 they perhaps only fearch for infects ; they, 

 make a twittering noife, from which the na* 

 tive call them Kifs-kifs-ke-fiifh* 



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