CAROLINA CHATTERER. 
Mr. Brooke, Surgeon in Maryland," con- 
cludes Edwards, " on sight of this bird, in- 
formed me that the Hens of this species are 
not so bright-coloured as the Cocks ; and that 
they want the red drops at the tips of their 
wing-feathers, which are so remarkable in tlie 
Cocks : so that he has confirmed this to be a 
Cock bird." 
Catesby's description, tliough short, is very 
similar to that of Edvvards — It weighs," 
says he, an ounce, and is rather less than a 
Sparrow. The bill is black. The mouth 
and throat are large. From the nostrils runs 
a black list to the back of it's head, like velvet; 
with a line of white on thelow^er edge, in which 
stand the eyes, Ti'he rest of it's head and neck 
are brown. On it's crown is a pyramidal crest 
of the same colour. The breast is brown ; the 
back and covert-feathers of the wings some- 
what darker; the belly pale yellow. What 
distinguishes this bird fromj others, are eight 
small red patches at the extremities of eight of 
the smaller wing-feathers, of the colour and 
consistence of red sealing-wax. When the 
wing is closed, these patches unite, and form a 
large 
