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6. Scolopax nutans? Nodding Snipe? Seen and killed in the winter-time, near Nazareth, in Pennsylvania. On 
' the authority of Mr. Oppelt. Mentioned by Mr. Pennant, as having been observed in Chateaux Bay, on the 
coast of Labrador, in September. Arctic Zoology. Vol. II. P. 167. 
7. Charadrius Himantopus. Long-Legged Plover. On the authority of Mr. Oppelt. 
8. Haematopus Ostralegus. Pied-Oyster-Catcher. 
PASSERES. 
9. Loxia ludoviciana. Eed-Breasted Gross-Beak. 
10. Fringilla purpurea. Purple Finch. This is one of our birds of passage. Early in the spring, sometimes in 
February, it comes up from the south, and returns from the north, going southward, in October. 
11. FringiUa . (Hemp-Bird.) This is one of our migratory birds. It is not the Fringilla cannabina of 
Linneeus; but, like it, feeds on the ripe hemp-seed. Is often seen about Philadelphia. On the authority of Mr, 
William Bartram, who thinks it an undescribed species. 11 
12. Hirundo Subis. Canada Swallow, t Great American Martin, t On the authority of Mr. Oppelt, who ob-1 
served it in the neighbourhood of Bethlehem. Plas never been seen about Philadelphia. Yet it is probable 
that it is a bird of passage. Perhaps, it passes from the north to the south, and returns to the north, througl 
the country west of the gi-eat ranges of our mountains, which is certainly the rout pursued by some of the migra 
tory birds that are seldom, or never, seen in the Atlantic parts of the United-States. Perhaps, this is no othe 
than the Tapera of Brasil, the Hirundo Tapera of Gmelin. 
13. Caprimulgus europaeus. European Goatsucker. (Night-Hawk.) In Maryland, if I mistake not, it is caU^ 
Bull-Bat. Pischkf of the Delaware-Indians. This, or a variety of it, is certainly a native of Pennsylvam£ 
So that now all the fifteen species of this genus (mentioned by Gmelin) are known to be natives of America 
and all, with the exception of the Caprimulgus europaeus, are, as far as is yet known, exclusively confined t 
this portion of the world. This is an interesting fact, which does not favour the opinion of those writers who hav 
imagined, that all animals and aU vegetables were originally created in the old world, from whence they hav 
been spread over every portion of the earth : an opinion which ought never to have been advanced by philc 
sophers; and which it is not likely wiU prevail among those naturalists who observe with attention, and deliv. 
their sentiments without reserve or timidity. § 
t Latham. I Edwards. 
§ See New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. Pages ci, cii, ciu, civ. Philadelphia : 1798. 
