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different in appearance from any we had seen. Our landlord informed us they were parrots, and that they were common upon the Great Miami; and to gratify our curiosity he shot one. It was about the size of a dove, and its plumage resem-bled the green parrot of South America, the head red, and the wings tipped with the same color, the tail long and the bill and tongue of the same description as the chattering parrot. As they alighted from the trees, they made a hoarse noise resembling the chattering of the common parrot. There is also a woodcock here resembling the red headed woodcock of Maryland, except that its head is black and its bill ivory. At this place General Wayne erected a fortification when on his march against the In-dians, a part of which is now standing. Our landlord occupies one of the houses which was at that time built and enclosed within the stock-ade. From the late period in the day at which our supply of corn arrived for the horses, we have concluded to remain at our quarters; the landlord tells us we shall be welcome to sleep upon his floor, and has promised to make us a good fire to sleep by. This is a kind of lodgment to which we have become well accustomed, having heretofore in our journey often had to wrap ourselves in our blankets and to lie upon floors, always observing the necessary precaution of laying our feet to the fire; we have in no instance taken cold.