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niation of their beaks, their necks, their feet, 

 and their feathers fuit their kind of life, uluch 

 obfervation ought to be extended to all other 

 birds. 



The way of living of the /'^ -fwallow Fn. 1 29. 

 deferves to be particularly taken notice of i for 

 as he cannot fo commoLlioufly pjungc into the 

 water and catch fifh, as other aquatic birds, 

 the Creator has appointed the fea-guU to be 

 his caterer in the following manner. When this 

 laft is purfued by the former, he is forced to 

 throw up part of his prey, which the other 

 catches-, but' in the autumn, when the fiihes 

 hide themfelves in deep places, the mergan- 

 fer, Fn. 113. fupplies the gull with food, as 

 being able to plunge deeper into the fea. A61. 

 Stock. 



The chief granaiy of fnidl birds is the 

 }inct-grafs^ Fol. Suec. 322. that bears I eivy 

 feeds , ' like thofe of the black bindweed. 

 It is a very common plant, not eafily de- 

 Uroyed, either by the road fide by trampling 

 upon it, or any where elfe, and is extremely 

 pientifuil after harvefl in fields, to which it 

 gives a rcddiih hue by its numerous feeds, 

 Thefe fall upon .the ground, and are gather- 

 ed all the year round by the fniall birds, 

 ri 4 Thu^ 



