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These accurate and ingenious observa- 

 tions, tending to set forth in a proper light 

 the wonderful works of God in the crea- 

 tion, and to point out his wisdom in 

 adapting the singular form and position of 

 the limbs of this bird to the particular 

 mode in which it is destined to pass the 

 greatest part of its life in an element much 

 denser than the air, do Mr. White credit, 

 not only as a naturalist, but as a man and 

 as a philosopher, in the truest sense of the 

 word, in my opinion ; for were we enabled 

 to trace the works of nature minutely and 

 accurately, we should find, not only that 

 every bird, but every creature, was equally 

 well adapted to the purpose for which it 

 was intended ; though this fitness and pro- 

 priety of form is more striking in such 

 animals as are destined to any uncommon 

 mode of life. 



I have had in my possession two birds, 



which, though of a different genus, bear a 



great resemblance to Mr. White's Colym- 



bus, in their manner of life, which is spent 



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