HESE, rocky parts of the Rivers abound alfo with many 
excellent kind of Fith, particularly pearch of a very largé 
fize, and delicate tafte, which in Auguft and September becomé 16 
t by feeding on grapes, which av from vines hanging 
" ome Remarks on American. 
HE Birds of America generally excel thofe of Europe in the 
fp of their plumage, Tees are much inferior to them 
in melodious notes; for cept the Mockbird, I know of 
ong bird, unlefs the red bir 
felled by the Engiish, wick aye a at. the Birds there, oe beauty, 
claim a pri ee to moft in th orld, but making no other 
harmony than in horror, one pei &» another fkreaking, a third 
ill con- 
as it were groaning and lamenting, ‘all agreeing in their 
x 
n America are very few rae land birds, but of the water 
, if not moft of thofe found in Eurape 'be- 
a the great variety of be peculiar to thofe parts of the 
World. 
Admitting the World to have peep univertally replenifhed with 
animals Tro mn Noab’s ark after the general deluge, and tha t 
hei 
e blown fro 
of ne er are 
orth W. eft 
part of the nee ee I 
little lefs than a thovfand ale as there ha 
Jand bi i i 
notes diftan é which fom ong 
ie) oD 
known, we may reafonably conclude it - aN ithin or very r 
the-arétic circle, the co of the reft of the Earth being well 
known; fo that thofe few Europeay Land Birds that are in America 
muft have pafied thithe from a very frigid part of the old World, 
and though thefe a inhabit ‘the more temperate parts of Ey- 
rope, they may alf habit the ve ay Northern parts, and by a 
firmer texture of ey may be. by Nature ae enabled n 
fo en; 
dure extreme nee than Sparrows, Fidches. and other Engiifh Birds, 
a ich a s fifty to one more numerous, but are not foun 
n America. 
‘Though thefe reafons occur » Lam not fully fatisfed, nor 
do I conclude that by this cithol se pale from one Continent 
to the other, the climate, and their inability of performing a long 
flight, may reafo nably be objected, 
"ro account thererore for this rateordinay citeum ance, there 
feems to ain but or ore reafon for eing found o ae 
Contin : ich is the nearnefs of a parts © of tt o Earth t 
th t 
Fafores shers.he w, flows the wah Atlantick Qceai. 
at thefe Dae a Land Birds that are found 
of be inds, particularly the Regulus Criftatus 
the very ait oO the Europea ie es 
z 
Ther n Earope, many Birds of paflage 5 
thofe which abide in n Cay ‘lin a PA sae nec drives from the 
frigid parts of the North, in fearch of food with whic as, phe more 
Southern see abound: but wie Summer Birds naffage 
the a roach of Winter » 18 as ue ole 
go at 
of Europe g 
The gener al ca vel natural conjecture i is, that a retreat 
diftant countrie tas.no ocular teftimonies have been psi 
fome Naturalits ny have concluded, that for want of fuc 
po 
endroits des rivieres, qui font pleins de rochers, abondent auffi ex 
3 ne heuis weied ee a excellent poiffon, gibi his Sy te rches 
ee 
dune groffedr p sree aa an go aut dé liga fs Aotit 
fe Sépte Mh ian ae vignes gui 
pendent fur ies ribtehek ellés ‘der viennent fi erases, P Welles ont le -ventre 
dau de shod de a eral a ain dagt ‘d’épaifiur.” Il y a encore un efpece 
part viele & ces endroits de la riviere 
IS 
@Savanne, Quand on la fait: Souilh r, ‘fans “en ter’ Pea ile, le- tout 
dio lendre && bon, a imanzer, quoiqu ee Hh de dauilit self écaillé 
Me d es autres press d 
Waaareie fur les OISEAUX 
d_Amerigue. 
f— YEntralement pac lant, les otfeaux d’ Amér érique 
= d’Kurope pour ds beaut de leitrs plumes; mais’ 
inferieurs pour la abu v di, ramages car exctpté ; 
wen connois aucun ies mE te Litre ampte p armi les oifeaux qui chante 
won e pouv fe fairs cet hon wndettr aPoifea 
oe “ai (niee que sie ce défaut eoit encore plus’ grand dans les 
‘la xoite torri a & 
r. Cela 
abiten: les régions 
we 
? 
livre, impii “imé en 1667, 
glois pa edoient alors, F ot 
urs e @ 
font Superi¢s 1, Beaut 
Want pour a 
ofan! des ‘oe. Pea: 5 
n érique i 
mais 0. a trou’ 
ony bt 
Simi ime on ne 
j ie ae A 
is a ie 
ifférentes gu in! partir aux 7 ie ts Armée 
adme, 
Erik juzine ge 
En adi que le Monde a tte a ata "el de ee toutes 
Sortes fae n re ceux qui font [otis oe Varché'de Noe apres le déluge, 
que les oifeaux Buroptens, gon trouve en Les riqu Ie 2 a fe det 
“de de 
Foi ae: ane ibd 18 iy cared als. ae 
és pour La plus ; ms des ie ti Septentrionau, on 
‘ououes comme a as Hintood OUT. prababl 
de leur r demetre a a facilité Teigr valet par le proxinité a aes de “continens 
b 2 2 cer 2S 
Des volées confi dérables Poifeaus aquatiques, weal par un vent de 
Nerd Oueft violent, vienr, age Te ae continent.d’ Amérique dans: ‘rile ‘ 
Bermude, entre la age la du con atinent dod Ce ents doiv vente - 
nt bagless 4 a sen pre 5 de trois cens trente lieues 
py: ia 
de d difanc qu axcuns oi can Uae fe ‘pent 
ebaf és ‘ a pre vers cette ile, il par Cit evident 
qu Lenir 
ee long S 10 par rrefire # Européen ns 
4 on Os ont, sh safer du vieae he a a nouveau, 
nf e gu of en “tre le continents 
& Pile Bermud 
Quoique fa Sonim, ou la jonétion des deux continens ne nous foit pas 
connie, nous ie pee re iis contite es elle eff renfermée 1 du 
1s le circle 
i 
A Sipe ving a T) t oie At 4 6 wa 
2 f eau HECTOR 
A a : ay, 
cs file ‘parties du Mande ancien, & qisci ils bibton les régions 
les plus be 5 de /’ Europe, ‘2s pewvept a auffi pie les Par iy is soles 
les, &F en conf saan ai wn corps lus 
capables a’ endilver tin froid extréme, ie 
» &F les autres oe aifeaur, dont n 
ciguai ‘on € UN, WIdi. 
ae préfentent "5 
t ss His 
vons en Angleterre 
on fe trouve point oe ten nouveau Monde, 
ae  oprit, mois elle ne me 
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28 
SS 
ss 
ae 
= 
x 
& peesae ut pa 
continent a Va i He on tok rasfomnablenent ob pe le ‘climat, 
val fi I 
Pimpoffbilité oh ; iy fon de foutenir Jeyr vol fi ong temps. 
parcit donc qu'on ne fauroit donner qutine raifon de plus de lear 
foour dans Tun SP ‘titre! continent, pes ts a rchaeir si cet ‘Bon 
if ofte 
Avlanuaue capone 
Océan 1 ss rd’ h 
A faut remaxquer les oifeatix Sane Européens, gw’on trouve 
en Amérique, font d a elites efpeces, Le arbiculser fe roitelet ane 
gifi & Hae plus petit de oy, es aan’ oe oe 
méria 
x gui ceads 4 la Car palin P Hiv, viennen Ba ea ‘des es 
Sroides regions au Nord, peur ch @ guils ouvent en 
on ign 
arondance dans de p03 plus I % ignore oe les 
endroits on les oifeaix alfag ane. git "on ¥ oui paroitve a 2 Ete, fe 4 se 
, DDT I é 
de p 
es de isk iver qu on isda 
& J, 
Bx ae a retraite de ie 
La conj rale, pq J neta ee op feat dans 
des pays doignés ? mais coi ne Coe ontd” atkcuns” ‘tenting 
dg cette reti 
aite, tes Na slivaiies y wi as He “Hipbotthe fous bine 
inforines 
