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extremity of the VJinier, when it is hard Frosty or Snowy 

 Weather) but whether they make their N'ests in the Rocks, 

 or in Trees, is not known, by any that ever I conversed with. 

 I should rather think they made them in Trees, because of 

 their frequent sitting and roosting on them at Xight. Their 

 Dung will lie above half a Foot thick about those Trees, 

 which kills Shrubs, Grass, and everything that grows near 

 where it falls. Notwithstanding these Flocks are so numer- 

 ous, yet they are not to be mentioned in comparison with the 

 gi-eat and infinite number of those Fowls that are to be met 

 with to the Westward of those Places, where the Christians 

 at present live (especially on this and the other side of the 

 Mountains) many of which Species we are little acquainted 

 with, because they seldom appear or come where we are 

 already settled. The Flesh is very nutritive and excellent 

 Food. The Blood helps disorders in the Eyes, the Coats of 

 the Stomach in Powder, cures bloody Fluxes. The Dung is 

 the hottest of all Fowls, and is wonderful attractive, yet 

 accompanied with an Anodyne force, and helps the Head- 

 ach. Megrim, pain in the Side and Stomach, Pleurisy, Chol- 

 ick, Apoplexy, Lethargy, and many other Disorders. 



The Moor-hen. I never saw any in this Country, yet I 

 am credibly informed, that they are to be met with in the 

 Mountains, and high Country, for they never appear in any 

 part of the Settlements. 



The ^Yood-pecher^ whereof we have ^yq sorts, if not more. 

 The first is as big as a large Pigeon, of a dark brown Colour, 

 with a w^hite Cross on the Back, and a white Circle round the 

 Eyes, and on it's Head stands a Tuft of beautiful Scarlet 

 Feathers. Their Cry is to be heard at a great Distance, and 

 they fly from one rotten Tree to another to get Grubs and 

 Worms, which is what they live on. 



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