travels m 
Both fpecies of the Baltimore bird (oriolus, Linn, 
icterus, Cat. J are fpring birds of paifage and breed 
In Pennfylvania \ they have loud and mofical notes* 
The yellow breaded chat (oenanthe, Cat mota- 
cilla trochilus, Linn.) is in many inftances a very 
lingular bird y the variablenefs and m.imickry of his 
notes or fpeech, imitating various creatures ; and 
a furprifing faculty of uttering a coarfe, hollow 
founding noife in their throats or crops, which at 
times feems to be at a great diftance, though ut- 
tered by a bird very near, and vice verfa. They 
arrive in Pennfylvania from the South, late in the 
month of May, breed and return again early in au* 
tumri. 
It is a matter of enquiry, what mould have indu- 
ced the zoologifts to clafs this bird with the motacil- 
ix, when they difcover no one characterise to in-* 
duce fuch an alliance \ this bird having a remark- 
able thick, fhong bill, more like the frugivorous 
tribes : and in my opinion they are guilty of the like 
overfight in claffing the fummer red-bird with the 
mufcicapa, this bird having a thick, ftrong bill, ap- 
proaching nearer the darling (ilurnus.) 
Thefe hiitorical obfervations being noted, we wilj 
again refume the fubjecl of our journey. 
CHAP, 
