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* Motacilla vermivora. Mr. Pennant is mistaken when he asserts, that this bird " does not appear in Pennsylvania 
till July, in its passage northward." f 
Certhia floridana (mihi). This bird I do not find figured or described. It is mentioned by Mr. Bartram (Travels)^ 
under the name of Motacilla coroliniana, or Regulus magnus. It is nearly twice the size of the House-Wren, 
or Certhia famUiaris ? Like it, its voice is loud and musical. The upper side of the Certhia floridana is of a nut- 
brown colour, delicately marked with transverse waved lines, of a darker colour. The throat, breast, and belly 
are of a yellowish clay colour. A line of the same colour passes, in form of an arch, over each eye. The bill is 
long, and a little bent downwards. This is a common bird in Carolina and Florida. It only occasionally visits 
Pennsylvania, viz. in long and warm summers. Is much more common in the Jerseys. 
Yultur Aura. This bird rears its young in the southern states, before its arrival among us. I cannot learn, that it; 
ever breeds in Pennsylvania. I have been informed, that these birds have occasionally been found, in the winter- 
.season, in the hollows of trees, and in the crevices of rocks, in different parts of the United-States, even to the 
north of Philadelphia. It is the Wi-nan-ge-u and A-ma-tschi-pu-is of the Delawares, Sot-seh-tah of the Wyandots, 
and Gus-soo of the Mohegans. 
* Ardea alba. Ardea immaculata of Bartram. Travels. 
Ardea aequinoctialis. Ardea alba minor of Bartram. Travels. It is Pennant's Red-Billed Egret. 
]^iii])eriza oryzivora. If I do not mistake, this bird in Connecticut is called the Strawberry-bird. On the autho- 
rity of Mr. Catesby, it has been believed by the most respectable naturalists (Pennant and others), that the male 
and female Rice-Birds migrate separately, at different seasons. Thus, it is imagined, that the males make their 
appearance in the vicinity of Philadelphia in the spring, and the females in the autumn, or the close of summer. 
Some facts which have come under my notice induce me to suspect, that this is a vulgar error : one of the many 
mistakes with which natural history is crouded and deformed. But, at present, I can only throw out the suspicion. : 
* Parus bicolor. This is the Parus cristatus of Bartram. Travels. This species feeds both upon insects and upon' 
seeds, picking the kernel out of the husk. In Pennsylvania, it is called Tom-tit. , 
* Parus virginianus. Parus cedrus of Bartram. This bird feeds upon seeds and berries, particularly upon the re-j 
sinous berries of the Juniperus virginiana, or Red- Cedar. Commonly comes to us, from the northward, about 
the time these berries are ripe, J and seems peculiarly fond of harbouring itself among these trees. Generally 
continues with us as long as the berries and insects (upon which also it feeds) last, and then goes northerlyi 
Sometimes, however, it continues with us all winter. j 
* Ampelis Garrulus. In some parts of New-England, this species is called Cherry-Bird. Like the Parus Virginia-^' 
nus, it is very fond of the ripe berries of the Red-cedar. It is also very fond of the ripe fruit of the Diospyrosj 
virginiana, or Persimmon. Builds its nest in trees of a moderate size, about the end of May, or the beginning 
of June. 
Fringilla cannabina ? I am not quite certain whether this be the Fringilla cannabina of Linngeus. It is certainly 
very nearly allied to this species. Large flocks of these birds visit us towards the end of the fall, or the begin- 
ning of the winter. They often fly at very great heights in the air : so high that they cannot readily be seen, 
though their noise is distinctly heard. Either this species or one very nearly allied to it is found as far south as 
tlie country of the Cheerake-Indians, who call it 0-na-clo-7iei-ta. If this be the Fringilla cannabina, it has an ex- 
tensive range in North-America, for it is found in the northern parts of this continent. It is one of the species 
which is common to the old and new world. It is not improbable, that it performs regular migrations from the 
one continent to the other. 
* Scolopax Gallinago. I have already mentioned this species, § and liave taken notice of the regularity of its arrival 
among us. || It is, certainly, a bird of passage. This seems to be the same species which is so common in En-! 
t Arctic Zoology. Vol. IL P. loo. See Introduction. P. viii. I See the Tables. ^ See Appendix I. P. i6. D See Introduction. P. xi.l 
