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The Chocolate-Albatross came from Chung- 



kwo ;» 

 And another, the Sooty, from regions of snow. 

 The Cowpen ( l7 ) too came, who, for reasons unknown, 

 Will never construct any house of her own ; 

 Like the Cuckoo, content is this bird of the west 

 To deposit her egg in another bird's nest : 



deep chesnut brown ; face and wings, beneatli whitish; another 

 variety entirely grey-brown. The first, three feet long, inha- 

 bits the Pacific Ocean ; the second, two and a half feet long, 

 inhabits China. The Chlororhyncos, or Yellow-nosed-Alea- 

 tross, is about three feet long, and inhabits the Pacific Ocean. 

 The Fuliginosus, or Sooty-Albatross, is the size of the last ; 

 inhabits seas in the arctic circle. 



All this tribe of birds nourish their young by discharging the 

 contents of their stomach. 



For another Man of- War- Bird see the note on the Pelican. 



( i7 ) Order, Passeres, (Linn.) Bunting, the Cow, or 



COWPEN-BIRD. 



This bird, which is found in the United States of America, 

 and, probably, in many other places of the western world, is 

 called by Latham, Oriolus pecoris, or Cowpen-Qriole, 

 and by Wilson, Emberiza pecoris, Cow-Bunting, Coic-Black- 

 bird, or Cowpen; it is, in consequence of its mode of laying its 

 egg, one of the most singular of the ornithological creation. 

 We are not yet sufficiently acquainted with its natural history ; 

 but, from that accurate observer, Wilson, we learn the follow- 

 ing particulars : 



It is seven inches long; the head and neck are of a 

 deep silky drab colour; the upper part of the head is a change- 

 able violet ; the rest of the bird is black, with a considerable 



* China. 



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