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ameeican hedstart. 
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^6rv ‘fnft j*'®' ® "’til pieces of licheu, and lined with a 
sm.; ^"I’staeee. The female lays live white 
‘"ale is^ovV!^®'^ 7“'‘ “"‘1 specks of blackish. The 
® Persoii’a ‘®'"® y “nxions for its preservation; and, on 
a few fput aPP’'*i;i<ihin<r the place, will llirt about within 
The Ip ‘‘®®"‘"'8' f^reatly distressed. 
“‘‘tl a ail "f is live inches, extent, six 
®overs Vb . ® S'^neral colour above is black, which 
"Ppcr napf ^ Ixia'l and neck, and sjircads on the 
^®11 as n in a roundings form ; where, as 
®^"e : sia ^ “‘"i neck, it is glossed witli steel 
the w;"* **'® below thi.s, black, the inside 
" line upper hall of the wing quills, are of 
the w' ^ colour ; but the greater and lesser coverts 
Or aiiror”’®^*’ ''®‘“^ conceal this ; and the orange, 
*“‘"d acr ®®iour, appears only as a broad transverse 
'"■0'vnisi°** *'*‘c "'ing * ! li'om thence to the tip, they are 
**lach ti*’ ^^‘® niiddle feathers of the tail are 
*’l*ck’tp ® other eight of the same aurora colour, and 
^IceakpH " 1 ^^'® *^‘P* ’ kolly nnd vent, white, slightly 
” pale orange; legs, black; bill, of the true 
“®i*’tlcs^.f a*®”*’ Iciungnlar at the base, beset with long 
““t the r! 1 near the point ; the female has 
f"*! croivii* *. band across the wing; her back 
• is cinereous, inclining to olive ; the n bite 
^idesafj] ® pure; lateral feathers of the tall and 
""sky brow Si'oonish yellow ; middle tail feathers, 
®,*3ctlv ^ 1.® young males of a year old are almost 
* thev I ® '® icniale, dill'ering in those particulars, 
r ® fetualp i,''® “ y®"®'® "cross the wings which 
thel ‘t* **?*’. ?"‘i ‘i'C 'uick is more tinged w ith 
n”®*. brownish® if f f®"!'*®®*’ "c® "•*« ycHow ; middle 
f® third spf ‘*‘® " ii'llii* Vcl'o'v. On 
as mair ‘®y receive their complete colours; 
'‘® female P° p® second year, in nearly the dress of 
notes’ ®® C“®P seen in the woods. Inning tlie 
®®®asion t,, ^^® plumaged male, it has given 
** "’ell as th®'*® Ppople to assert, that the females sing 
""other sno • ® ’ "oi'^ others have taken them for 
species. The fact, however, is as I have stated 
