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ever, (whose name I do not recollect) wrote a little paper to prove, that these birds continue with us all the 
winter : why ? because one of them was one frosty day, in the month of October, found a good deal benumbed in a 
church, in some part of New-England ; I think in Connecticut. 
Turdus Trichas. This bird is most improperly arranged by Linnaeus under his genus of Turdus. 
Picus ernhrocephalus. This is the Me-ma-koch-cus of the Delaware-Indians. See Section III. P. 1 1. 
Motacilla aurocapilla. This is very properly considered as a species of Turdus, or Thrush, both by Edwards and 
by Pennant. It is the Tm-dus minimus, vertice aurio, of Bartram. Trc 
Tanagra rubra. This and the Summer-Red-Bird of Catesby (Vol. I. P. 56.) both belong to the same genus. 
Their note and their manners are the same. They both eat the same food, viz. fruit and insects. 
Muscicapa olivacea. I do not think, with Mr. Pennant, f that this is the same bird as the Whip-Tom-Kelly of the 
West-Indies. Our bird has no such note ; but a great variety of soft, tender, and agreeable notes. It inhabits 
forests, and does not, like the West-India bird, build a " pendulous nest." 
Muscicapa Ruticiila. Ruticilla americana of Bartram. Travels. 
Turdus minor. Turdus melodes of Bartram. Travels. This is, perhaps, the most musical of all the birds of 
the United-States, notwithstanding the assertions of Catesby and other writers to the contrary. 
Muscicapa viridis. This is a bird of very singular form, manners, and language. I am not satisfied as to its ge- 
nus. It seems to be allied to the Manakin of Edwards and Brisson. 
Falco sparverius. In the month of March, it builds its nest in hollow trees, and feeds its young with mice, frogs, 
and small birds. 
Tanagi-a cyauea. This is sometimes called in Pennsylvania, Indigo-Bird. It is the Linaria cyanea of Bartram. 
Travels. 
Cuculus americanus. Cuculus Carolinensis of Bartram. Travels. This bird is better figured by Bufibn {PL 
Enhim.) than by Catesby. 
Alauda magna. See Section III. P. 12. 
Ti-inga macularia (G). Tringa maculata of Bartram. Travels. 
Motacilla chrysoptera. Parus alis aureis of Bartram. Travels. 
Motacilla petechia. Mr. Pennant is mistaken in saying that this pretty species does not breed in Pennsylvania. 
Muscicapa rapax of Bartram. I take this to be the Lesser Crested Fly-Catcher of Mr. Pennant : the Muscicapa 
acadica of Gmelin. It is a very useful little bird, destroying numbers of the common house-fly and other trou- 
blesome insects. It continues with us until late in September, when it retires southerly to pass the winter. 
Ardea cinerea. 
Rallus virginianus. This is the bird which is so well known in Pennsylvania by the name of Rail. It is a ques- 
tion much disputed among our sportsmen, whether this be a bird of passage, or whether it continues among us. 
I have no doubt, that it is a bird of passage. It is well known in Carolina and Florida, where it commonly con- 
tinues late, devouring the seed of the Zizania, Rice, and other aquatic plants. Whether it hiemates in\hese 
countiies, or goes still farther to the south, I do not know. 
Ardea parva of Bartram. I cannot find that this species is described. It builds its nest in the grass of meadows. 
It is the smallest species of the genus that is known to me. 
Alauda Calandra. This is the Calandra pratensis of Bartram. Travels. The Calandra floralia of the same 
gentleman. 
t Arctic Zoology. V. II. P. 79. 
