GOLDEN-CROWNED THRUSH. 
described; and supposes it to have been a bird 
of passage, then passing from the Continent of 
North-America, to make it's winter's residence 
In the waniv Islands between the Tropicks. 
The Cape of Florida," he remarks, " seems 
to be providentially situated to favour the pas- 
sage of birds from the Western side of the 
Great Continent of North America, to the 
Islands of Hispanioia, Cuba, Jamaica, and the 
whole range of the Carribean Islands, quite 
to the Northernmost Coasts of South America. 
We may suppose the birds from the Eastern 
chores of North America pass South-Eastward 
by the Isthmus of America." 
After writing the above description, Ed- 
wards received one of these birds from Mr. 
Bartrarn of Pennsylvania, whjch confirmed 
his opinion that it Vv'as a bird of passage: for, 
he tells us, Mr. Bartrarn says, " it arrives there 
in April, and continues all the summer. It 
builds it's nest on the ground, and always chuses 
the south-side of a hill. It makes a hole in 
the leaves, like a little oven, and lines it with 
dry grass. The Hen lays five white eggs, 
spotted with brown." 
Edwards 
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