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nales were adult birds. From the deficiency of feathers on 
•e breasts of the males, from their less bright plumage, 
and from the disproportion of their number to that of the fe- 
males, n is not unreasonable to suppose that the males alone 
perform the business of incubation. 
U011e of the inhabitants had observed them, they had 
STh* n ° pr ° vincial name > nor was it possible to ascertain 
» . r " ere residents, or summer birds of passage. 
18 much to be regretted that the search after their nests 
Was n °t attended with the desired success. 
T T \V ab ° Ve deScri P tion was taken from the MSS. of Mr. 
• Simmons, by whom we were favoured with the 
specimens. 
1 he figure was taken from a female specimen. 
