. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . parallels,where they find means to feed on the fruit of the commonjuniper, so abundant in that quarter. Neither Mr. Towns-end or myself observed this bird either in the Columbiariver district, or on the Rocky Mountains. Length 8£ inches; alar extent about 15. Anterior part of the headbay, passing posteriorly into reddish drab, which is the prevailingcolor above as well as on the breast. Lower part of the back andrump cinereous. Belly and femorals pale ash ; vent reddish dusky, the 1st spotless, t
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . parallels,where they find means to feed on the fruit of the commonjuniper, so abundant in that quarter. Neither Mr. Towns-end or myself observed this bird either in the Columbiariver district, or on the Rocky Mountains. Length 8£ inches; alar extent about 15. Anterior part of the headbay, passing posteriorly into reddish drab, which is the prevailingcolor above as well as on the breast. Lower part of the back andrump cinereous. Belly and femorals pale ash ; vent reddish dusky, the 1st spotless, the 2d with a small mark of white onthe tip of the outer web, which mark gradually increases on the fol-lowing feathers, forming a longitudinal spot which is much larger onthe secondaries, 4 of which have the vermilion, wax-like feather of the bastard wing is also largely tipt with white, thusproducing an additional spot of white ; there is however no yellowon the wing. Tail 3 inches, black, broadly terminated with pale yel-low. Feet and legs black. Iris CEDAR BIRD, or CHERRY BIRD. (Bomhycilla carolinensis, Briss. Bonap. Audubon, pi. 43. [extremelyfine and natural]. Ampelis amcricana, , i. p. 107. pi. 7. Philad. Museum, No. 5C08.) Spec. Charact. — Brownish grey, the crest inclining to rufous;chin, frontlet, and line over the eye, black ; belly yellow, and thevent white; wings and tail dusky grey, the latter tipt with yellow. Tins common native wanderer, which in the summerextends its migrations to the remotest unpeopled regionsof Canada,* is also found throughout the American conti-nent to Mexico, and parties occasionally even roam to the * Seen by Mr. Say near Winnipique river in latitude 50, and by Mr. Drummondon the south branch ol the Saskatchewan. CEDAR BIRD, OR CHERRY BIRD. 275 tropical forests of Cayenne. In all this extensive geo-graphical range, where great elevation or latitude tempersthe climate so as to be favorable to the p
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