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14. Motacilla, J32. Calendula. 3 37. 47. Ruby 
Wagtail. | crowned Wren. Edw. 254. 
Faun. Am. Sept. 
(The number belonging to this bird is loft j 
however, it is moft probably that Tent from 
Severn river, N° 53.) 
It anfwers to the defcriptions and the figure of 
Edwards; its weight is 4 drams, its length 4 
inches, and its breath 5. It migrates, feeds 
on grafs-feeas and the like, and breeds in the 
plains; the number of eggs is not known. 
15. Parus,J" 33. Atricapiilus.. 341. 6. Black Cap 
Titmoufe. \ Titmoufe. 
Albany Fort, N° 1 1 . 
The defcriptiom given by Linneus anfwers, andi 
fo does M. Briffon’s in moft particulars, ex- 
cept that the quill-feathers are not white on 
the infide. Thefe birds ftay at Albany Fort 
all the year, yet feem moft numerous in the 
coldeft weather ; probably being then more 
in want of food, they come nearer the fettle- 
ments, in order to pick up all remnants. 
' They feed on flies and (mail maggots, and like- 
wife on the buds of the fprig-birch, in which 
they perhaps only fearch for infefts ; they 
make a twittering noife, from which the na- 
tive call them Kifs-kijs-ke- ■ fhijh . 
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