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'•f the g-enus ; and should, at least, he consistent with 
‘‘■'ith; but, in the case non- before us, the name has no one 
®*erit of the former, nor even that of the latter to recom- 
?'en(l it, and ought henceforth to be rejected as highly 
''hproper, and calculated, like that of goatsucker, and 
?*9ny others equally ridiculous, to |)crpetuate that error 
foni which it originated. The word bastard, men, 
its determinate meaning; but wlieu applied to a 
'' ^ole species of birds, perfectly distinct from any other, 
’Originally deriving their peculiaritie.s of form, manners, 
?''lonr, &c. from the common source of all created 
o^’ngs, and perpetuating them, by the itsual laws of 
^^Ueration, as uumixed and indejieudent as any other, 
to call it by no worse marae, a gross absurdity. 
I I'oiild the reader be displeased at tliis, I beg leave 
f.® remind him, that, as the faithful historian of our 
n'athered tribes, I must be allowed the liberty of viudi- 
”*titig them from every misre))resentation whatever, 
)\’^ether originating in ignorance or piejudice; and of 
j!*<'ttiiig to^each respective species, as far as 1 can 
l^'xtiiiguish, that rank and place in the great order of 
*tnre to which it is eiitilled. 
^ I'd convince the foreigner, (for Americans have no 
l?'>ht on the subject,) 1 will add, that I conclude this 
(""d to be speciiically different fiom the Bjiltimore, 
*'Ju the following circumstances: its size — it is less, 
'd more slender; its colours, which .ire different, and 
differently .disposed ; the form of its bill, which is 
fc-pP'-r pointed, and more bent ; the form of its tail, 
^ .rich is not even, but wedged; its notes, which are 
Cither so full nor so mellow, and uttered wilh much 
ra])idity; its mode of building, and the materials 
ui^'^’n's, both of which are different; and, lastly, the 
evP'-' and colour of the eggs of each, which are 
i/'dentiv unlike. If all these circumstances — and I 
j^ald eiiiimjwiite a great many more — be not sufficient 
j riesiyu-jt,, this as a distinct species, by what criterion, 
^'Vuuld ask, are we to discriminate between a variety 
ri an original species, or to assure ourselves, that the 
