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FRXNGILLA AMERICANA. 
inches in extent ; upper parts, green olive, brightest oU 
the rump ; lower parts, a dusky Naples yellow, brightest 
on the belly ; and tinged considerably on the bi'ea®* 
with dull green, or olive ; cheeks, or ear-feathei’S> 
marked with lighter touches ; bill, wholly a pale 
colour, lightest below ; legs and feet, the same. , 
The food of these birds consists of rice, insects, s’, 
various kinds of seeds that grow luxuriantly in tbeif 
native haunts. I also observed them eating the sec®^ 
or internal grains of ripe ligs. They frequent gardci* 
building within a few paces of the house ; are partie"' 
larly attached to orangeries ; and chant occasiouR^? 
during the whole summer. Early in October thO 
retire to more southern climates, being extrenin'y 
susceptible of cold. 
160 . FSiyO/ZLA JMIIJRTCAJfJf BONAPARTE. 
EMBERJZA AMERICANA, WILS, — BLACK-THROATED BUNTl>'<'* 
WILSON, PLATE III. FIG. II. 
Of this bird I have but little to say. They arrive i”. 
Pennsylvania from the south about the middle f 
May; abound in the neighbourhood of Philadelpbi'*’ 
and seem to prefer level fields covered with rye-gi"?^ 
timothy, or clover, where they build their nest, lisii'? 
it in the ground, and forming it of fine dried gt®-^ 
The female lays five white eggs, sprinkled with spe^'**’ 
and Hues of black. Like most part of their gei'Rjj 
they are nowise celebrated for musical powers. The‘ 
whole song consists of five notes, or, more proper^' 
of two notes ; the first repeated twice and slo"*/’ 
the second thrice, and rapidly, resembling chip, 
che che che, ()f this ditty, such as it is, they are 
no means parsimonious, for, from their first arrival w, 
the space of two or three mouths, every level fiel^ ? 
grain or grass is perpetually serenaded with chip, 
chccheche. In their shape and manners they very n'***'.^ I 
resemble the yellow-hammer of Britain (£. citrineV.'^ ’ ^ 
like them, they are fond of mounting to the top ® 
