* Motacilia Vermivora. Mr. Pennant is mirtaken when he afTerts, that this bird does not appear in PennfylvaniaL 
till July, in its paffage northward.”! 
Certhia floridana (mihi). This bird I do not find figured or defcribed. It is mentioned by Mr. Bartram (^Travels J,, 
under the name of Motacilia coroliniana, or Regulus magnus. It is nearly twice the fize of the Houfe-Wrcn,. 
or Certhia familiaris ? Like it, its voice is loud and mufical. The upper fide of the Certhia floridana is of a nut- 
brown colour, delicately marked with tranfverfe waved lines, of a darker colour. The throat, bread, and belly 
are,of a yellowifli clay colour. A line of the fame colour pafles, in form of an arch, over each eye. The bill is 
long, and a little bent downwards. This is a common bird in Carolina and Florida. It only occafionally vifits 
Pennfylvania, viz. in long and warm fummers. Is much more common in the Jerfeys. 
Vultur Aura. This bird rears its young in the fouthern dates, before its arrival among us. I cannot learn, that it 
ever breeds in Pennfylvania. I have been informed, that thefe birds have occafionally been found, in the winter- 
feafon, in the hollows of trees, and in the crevices of rocks, in different parts of the United-States, even to the 
north of Philadelphia. It is the Wi-nan-ge-u and A-ma-tfchi-pii-is of the Delawares, Sot-feh-tah of the Wyandots> 
and Guf-foo of the Mohegans. 
* Ardea alba. Ardea immaculata of Bartram. Travels. 
Ardea aequinodialis. Ardea alba minor of Bartram. Travels. It is Pennant’s Red-Billed Egret. 
Emberiza oryzivora. If I do not midake, this bird in Conne^licut is called the Strawberry-bird. On the autho¬ 
rity of Mr. Catefby,.it has been believed by the mod refpedable naturalids (Pennant and others), that the male 
and female Rice-Birds migrate feparately, at different feafons. Thus, it is imagined, that the males make their 
appearance in the vicinity of Philadelphia in the fpring, and the females in the autumn, or the clofe of fummer. 
Some fads which have come under my notice induce me to fufped, that this is a vulgar error: one of the many 
midakes with which "natural hidory is crouded and deformed. But, at prefent, I can only throw out the fufpicion. 
* Parus bicolor. This is the Par us cridatus of Bartram. Travels. This fpecies feeds both upon infeds and upon 
feeds, picking the kernel out of the hulk. In Pennfylvania, it is called Tom-tit. 
Parus virglnianus. Parus cedrus of Bartram. This bird feeds upon feeds and berries, particularly upon the re- 
finous berries of the Juniperus virginiana, or Red-Cedar. Commonly comes to us, from the northward, about 
the time thefe berries are npe,J and feems peculiarly fond of harbouring itfelf among thefe trees. Generally 
continues with us as long as the berries and infeds (upon which alfo it feeds) lad, and then goes northerly. 
Sometimes, however, it continues with us all winter. 
* Ampelis Garrulus. In fome parts of New-England, this fpecies is called Cherry-Bird. Like the Parus virginia- 
nus, it is very fond of the ripe berries of the Red-cedar. It is alfo very fond of the ripe fruit of the Diofpyros 
virginiana, or PeiTimmon. Builds its ned in trees of a moderate fize, about the end of May, or the beginning 
of June. 
Fringilla cannabina ? I am not quite certain whether this be the Fringilla cannabina of Linnmus. It is certainly 
very nearly allied to this fpecies. Large flocks of thefe birds vifit us tow'ards the end of the fall, or the begin¬ 
ning of the winter. They often fly at very great heights in the air: fo high that they cannot readily be feen, 
though their noife is didindly heard. Either tliis fpecies or one very nearly allied to it is found as far fouth as 
the country of the Cheerake-Indians, who call it 0 -na-clo-nei-ta. If this be the Fringilla cannabina, it has an ex- 
tenfive range in North-America, for it is found in the northern parts of this continent. It is one of the fpecies 
which is common to the old and new world. It is not improbable, that it performs regular migrations from the 
one continent to the other. 
* Scolopax Gallinago. I have already mentioned this fpecies,§ and have taken notice of the regularity of its arrival 
among us.|| It is, certainly, a bird of pafiage. This feems to be the fame fpecies which is fo common in En- 
I Ardic Zoology. Vol. II. P. loo,- 
■See Introdudlon. P. viii, | See the Tables, P. 7. § See Appendix I. P 16. 
[} See Introdudllon. P. xu 
