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black ; chin and throat white, with streaks of black ; eyelids white, 

 and in some a spot of white above, a second beneath, and a third 

 behind the eye ; plumage on the upper parts of the body olive-brown, 

 beneath rufous ; many of the feathers pale at the tips ; tail four 

 inches long-, very dark brown, rounded ; the three outer feathers 

 more or less white at the ends, on the inner web, the exterior most 

 so ;# the six middle ones white only at the tip ; legs brown. 



The female has the head, and upper parts paler ash-colour; chin 

 as in the male, but paler, the middle white ; beneath paler ferru- 

 ginous, with a mixture of whitish on the margins of the feathers ; 

 vent and under tail coverts white ; tail paler than in the male, and 

 scarcely at all white at the tip, though the feathers are paler within. 



Inhabits America ; found at New York, Virginia, and Carolina, 

 the whole year ; but migrates in the more northern parts in May, 

 returning southward on the first approach of frost ; is noticed as far 

 north as Hudson's Bay, and at Nootka Sound. f Said to build in 

 trees, and to lay four beautiful light blue eggs : when at large 

 sings finely, but does not bear well confinement in a cage, yet in 

 this state will learn parts of tunes : the chief food is worms and 

 insects ; is also very fond of the seeds of Sassafras,^ as well as tupelo,§ 

 and Poke berries, || likewise the berries of the Bead Tree.^f 



According to Mr. Abbot, this bird arrives in Georgia the end of 

 February, or March, and is remarkably fond of the berries of the Pride 

 of China, and frequently eats so many, as either to choak or intoxi- 

 cate itself, to such a degree as to be unable to fly, and in that state 

 is often run down and caught by the children : at other seasons feeds 

 on the seeds of cypresses in the swamps ; pairs in April ; and the 

 nest held sacred by the school-boys ; is fond of running on the 



* This is not constant, as some have only two of the outer ones white, the outmost has 

 a considerable portion of white on the inner web, f Cook's last Voy. ii. 296. 



% Laurus Sassafras. § Nyssa aquatica. \\ Phytolacca decandra. 



U Melia Azedarach—w\\l frequently eat so many of the Poke Berries as to give the flesh 

 a purplish colour. 



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