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ceedingly soft and brittle ; its 
colour is mostly white, tinged 
with red^ but some of it is 
dark brown just at the tip : 
the root of every hair is more 
slender than the other part^ 
the transition being abrupt ; 
and this part looks exactly like 
the barrel of a quill in minia- 
ture : the extremity is gene- 
rally waved. I believe this 
conformation is peculiar to 
this northern climate^ and to 
winter^, even here ; in sum- 
mer^, the hair resembles that 
of other animals. Its coat 
is then of an uniform reddish 
brown^ but in winter its co- 
lour is a greyish russet,, not 
easily to be described. The 
venison is very juicy^ and of 
delicious flavour ; but to an 
American palate, a piece of 
fat pork has far greater 
charms. 
A HAIR OF THE DEP.R MAGNIFIED, 
C, — Here is our constant merry little friend^, the Black- 
capped Titmouse ( Parus Atricapillus), The coldest wea- 
ther he seems to regard with indifference ; though the mer- 
cury a day or two ago stood more than 30° below zero, yet 
enveloped in his warm feathery coat, he has weathered it all^ 
