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ilate, In the holes of banks. I am alfo told, that above thirty years ago, a number of thefe birds were found in 
a Gum-tree (Nyfla fylvaticaf), about four miles from the town of Lancafler. This was in the depth of winter. 
They were all torpid, but fome of them, upon the application of heat, recovered. 
Of the four fpecies of Pennfylvania fwallows, (viz. Hirundo purpurea, the Hirundo ruflica ? the Hirundo- 
and the Hirundo pelafgia) the firft, or Purple Martin, is the one which commonly vifits us the earlieft, viz. at 
the end of March, or beginning of April. The Houfe-Swallow and the Little Bank-Martin come next, and the 
Chimney-Bird laft of all. This, at leaft, is the general order of the appearance of the four fpecies. 
Hirundo ruflica ? This is not the Hirundo ruflica of Europe. It wants a name. It may be called Hirundo hor- 
reorum, from its fo generally frequenting our barns to build its nefl. But this name is liable to obje£lions. I 
do not know any of our Indian names for this fpecies. One of tbefe (if not too long) would be the befl fpecific 
name we could give to it. 
* Hirundo- 
Little Bank-Martin. This is not the Hirundo riparia of Linnaeus. It has, however, very 
much the manners or habits of that bird. I have never feen the Hirundo riparia in any part of America. Kalm, 
Pennant, Gmelin, and other writers affert that it is a native of this continent. Dr. Belknap (P. 173) mentions 
the Hirundo riparia in his lift of the birds of New-Hampfliire: but I do not doubt that he means our Little 
Bank-Martin. I know (without any particular allufion to my excellent deceafed friend) how the nomenclature 
of natural hiflory has been conducted in America. 
Falco pifcatorius. This is Catefby’s and Bartram’s name. It is the Ni-me-nccs of the Delaware-Indians. 
* Certhia Pinus. 
* Fringilla graminea. This is the Paffer campeflris of Bartram. MS. 
^ Motacilla casrulea. Perhaps, this bird is more properly a fpecies of the genus Parus. It forms a very curious 
nefl of the mofs which grows upon rocks, trees, &c. 
Ardea Herodias. See Section III. p. 12. 
* Alcedo Alcyon. Tis^ke-man-nh f of the Delaware-Indians. 
^ Colymbus feptentrionalis. Flocks of thefe birds frequent our large rivers, diving for fifli. Their voice Is mufical, 
efpeciaily when a foutherly wind blows flrong. This is the Colymbus muhcus of Bartram. 'Travels, It is as 
large as a goofe. 
* Colymbus migratorius of Bartram. This is near the fize of a goofe. Colour black. Bill red. Their principal 
food is eels and other fifh. They vifit the neighbourhood of Philadelphia, when the frofls are paffed. They ge¬ 
nerally fly in companies of two, three, or four together, and but a little above the furface of the water. 
^ Colymbus Podiceps. This is fometimes called the Water-Witch. 
* Anas fponfa. This beautiful fpecies is the Gi-gi-tfchi-mu-ls of the Delaware-Indians. It builds its nefl In the holes 
of trees. Attempts have been made to domeflicate it: but hitherto, they have not, I believe, been fuccefsful. 
Columba carolinenfis. See Section III. P. 12. It is the of the Delaware-Indians. 
Columba migratoria. Thefe birds commonly pafs the winter-feafon in the forefls of Carolina, Georgia, and the 
two Floridas; and pafs over the Gulph of Mexico to the Bahama-Iflands. Upon their return fouthward in the 
autumn, they fometimes flay wdth us a confiderable time, and they have been known, during our mild winters, to 
oontinue with us, as I have already obferved. See Section III. P. 12. and Introdudion, P. ix. §. XVI. 
f of Marfhall; Nyfla integrifolia of Alton. 
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