* Turdus rufus. Builds Its neft of loofe ftlcks, ufiiigno cement. In this refpea, it agrees with the Turdus Poly- 
glottos, or Mocking-Bird, but differs from the Turdus migratorius, or Robin. This laft ufes a kind of mud or 
mortar, in making its neft. 
* Ardea Nyaicorax. The Ardea clamator of Bartrara. Travels. 
* Motacilla Troglodytes ? This is the Motaciila paluftris, or Regulus minor, of Bartram. Travels. In many re- 
fpeas, this liule bird agrees with the Motaciila Troglodytes of Linnaeus: the Wren of the Engimi. I am not 
quite certain, whether they are not both the fame fpecies; but, I believe, they are different. Our bird conftruas 
a very curious neft, refembling in fliape a bottle, or pitcher. The materials which it makes ufe of are dry grafs, 
among the living grafs of meadows. The Motaciila Troglodytes ? of which I am fpeaking, is a fpecies of Certhia, 
or Creeper. It certainly belongs to the fame genus as the Certhia familians mentioned below, and the Certhia 
floridana, afterwards taken notice of. 
* Ardea virefeens. Commonly called S-e-Poke. 
* Certhia familiaris (mihi). I now fufpecl:, that this is no other than the Certhia familiaris of Linnaeus, the Euro¬ 
pean Creeper of Pennant; Le Grimpereau of Buffon. Mr. Pennant mentions this as an inhabitant of North- 
America, and tells us, that it is found in Sweden, “ and never quits the country.”! This to the American na- 
turalift, is an intereflihg fadt; for the Creeper is with us undoubtedly a bird of paifage. a bird of paflage, in 
a much milder climate than that in which it is a continual refident! ! But many fads like this will be difeovered in 
the progrefs of natural fcience. 
* Hirundo pclafgia. This is the Hirundo cerdo of Bartram. T’ravels, 
* Caprimulgus virginianus. This is the We-coo-lis of the Delaware-Indians. Although it feeds entirely upon infeds, 
its ilefh is faid to be delicious. I have been informed, that fome of thefe birds have been found in a torpid ftate, 
in hollow trees, in Jerfey. But I cannot entirely depend upon the fad; and I have little hefitation in faying, 
that this bird, as well as the Swallows, to which it is allied, is a bird of palTage. For fome notices concerning 
the fuperftitious opinions of our Indians refpeding this bird, fee my letter to Dr. Prieftley, in the Tranfadions 
of the American Philofophical Society, Vol. IV. 
* I.anius Tyrannus. This I rather confider as a fpecies of Mufcicapa. It may be called Mufcicapa rex. It eats 
both infeds and fruit. Is very deftrudive to bees,- and to grapes. 
* Oriolus Baltimore. As far as I know, this is the only Pennfylvania bird that builds a penfile or hanging neft. 
Mr. Pennant is miftaken in faying that the Oriolus phoeniceus, or Red-Wing Oriole, which I have already men¬ 
tioned, builds fuch a neft. “ The Red-Winged Orioles, (fays he) build their nefts in buihes, and among the reeds, 
in retired fwamps, in form of a hang-neft ; leaving it fufpended at fo judicious a height, and by fo wondrous an 
inftind, that the higheft floods never reach to deftroy it.”| Hernandez feems to have known this bird (the Red- 
Whng) very well. lie deferibes it under the name of “ Acolchichi, feu avis rubeorum humerorum.” Pag. 14. 
Cap. IV. 
* Mufcicapa carolinenfis. This is the Lucar lividus of Bartram. travels. This bird feems to be neatly allied to that 
tribe of birds which is called, by Edwards and Briflbn, Manakin. Bcfides infeds, it feeds on many forts of 
ripe fruit. 
* Parus luteus. This is Bartram’s name. Thraveh, Catefby hits figured and deferibed this bird under the name 
of Parus Carolinenfis luteus, or the Yellow Titmoufe. Page 63. Plate 63. 
Mufcicapa fufea (Catefby). The Mufcicapa cantatrix of Bartram. Travels, 
* Trochilus Colubris. I have not been able to learn that the Humming-Bird winters in any, not even in the 
warmeft, parts of the United-States. I cannot hefitate to confider it as a bird of paffage. A gentleman, how- 
t Araic Zoology. Vol. I. P. 334 t Ardic Zoology. Vol I. P. 300. 
