'' TJicrc 7-s no Country more remarkable for the variety of 

 Birds in it than Virginia, ivhere the Wooels and Groves in the 

 Spring, Slimmer, Antumn, and almost all the year arc ren- 

 der d as delightful by the Mnsick of their feather d Quires, as 

 by the Coolness of their shades, or the fragrancy of their 

 Floivcrs.'' Oldmixon. The British Empire in America. 

 London, 1708, Vol. i, p. 312. 



