ever, (whofe name I do not recoiled) wrote a little paper to prove, that thefe birds continue with us ail the 
winter: why ? becaufe one of them was one frofly day, in the month of Odober, found a good deal benumbed in a 
church, in fome part of New-England ; I think in Connedicut. 
Turdus Trichas. This bird is moll improperly arranged by Linnaeus under his genus of Turdus. 
*= Picus erythrocephalus. This is the Me-ma-koch-cus of the Delaw^are-Indians. See Sedion III. P. 11. 
* Motacilla aurocapilla. This is very properly confidered as a fpecies of Turdus, or Thrulh, both by Edw^ards and 
by Pennant. It is the Turdus minimus, vertice aurio, of Bartram. Travels, 
* Tanagra rubra. This and the Summer-Red-Bird of Catelby (Vol. I. P. 56.) both belong to the fame genus. 
Their note and their manners are the fame. They both eat the fame food, viz. fruit and infeds. 
* Mufcicapa olivacea. I do not think, with Mr. Pennant,t that this is the fame bird as the Whip-Tom-Kelly of the 
Well-Indies. Our bird has no fuch note ; but a great variety of foft, tender, and agreeable notes. It inhabits 
forefls, and does not, like the Wefl-India bird, build a pendulous nell.” 
*= Mufcicapa Ruticilla. Ruticilla americana of Bartram. Travels, 
* Turdus minor. Turdus melodes of Bartram. Travels, This is, perhaps, the moll mufical of all the birds of 
the United-States, notwithllanding the alTertions of Catefby and other writers to the contrary. 
* Mufcicapa viridis. This is a bird of very fmgular form, manners, and language. I am not fatisfied as to its ge¬ 
nus. It feems to be allied to the Manakin of Edv/ards and BrilTon. 
^ Falco fparverius. In the month of March, it builds its nell in hollow trees, and feeds its young with mice, frogs, 
and fmall birds. 
Tanagra cyanea. This is fometimes called in Pennfylvania, Indigo-Bird. It is the Linaria cyanea of Bartram. 
Travels, 
* Cuculus americanus. Cuculus Carolinenfis of Bartram. Travels, This bird is better figured by Buffon (P/. 
Enlum,) than by Catelby. 
* Alauda magna. See Sedion III. P. 12. 
* Tringa macularia (G). Tringa maculata of Bartram. Travels, 
* Motacilla chryfoptera. Parus alls aureis of Bartram. Travels, 
* Motacilla petechia. Mr. Pennant is millaken in faying that this pretty fpecies does not breed in Pennfylvania. 
* Mufcicapa rapax of Bartram. I take this to be the LelTer Crelled Fly-Catcher of Mr. Pennant: the Mufcicapa 
acadica of Gmelin. It is a very ufefui little bird, defcroying numbers of the common houfe-fly and other trou- 
blefome infeds. It continues with us until late in September, when it retires foutherly to pafs the winter. 
* Ardea cinerea. 
* Rallus virginianus. This is the bird which is fo well known in Pennfylvania by the name of Rail. It is a quef- 
tion much difputed among our fportfmen, whether this be a bird of paflage, or whether it continues among us. 
I have no doubt, that it is a bird of palfage. It is well known in Carolina and Florida, where it commonly con¬ 
tinues late, devouring the feed of the Zizania, Rice, and other aquatic plants. Whether it hiemates in thefe 
countries, or goes Itill farther to the fouth, I do not know. 
* Ardea parva of Bartram. I cannot find that this fpecies is defcribed. It builds its nell in the grafs of meadows. 
It is the fmallell fpecies of the genus that is known to me. 
^ Alauda Calandra. This is the Calandra pratenfis of Bartram. Travels, The Calandra floralia of the fame 
gentleman. 
t ArtSic Zoology. V. II. P. 79. 
