i^S O F I N S T I N C T. SECT. XVI. 12. 



their return in fpring. Hence he has called them 

 Fringilla ccelebs, (Amaen. Acad. ii. 42. iv. 595.) 

 Now in our climate both fexes of them are peren- 

 nial birds. And Mr. Pennant obferves that the hoo- 

 poe, chatterer, hawfinch, arid crofsbill, migrate into 

 England fo rarely, and at fuch uncertain times, as 

 not to deferve to be ranked among our birds of paf- 

 fage, (ibid. 51'!.) 



The waterfowl, as geefe and ducks, are better 

 adapted for long migrations, than the other tribes 

 of birds, as, when the weather is calm, they can 

 not only reft ttiemfelyes, or fleep upon the ocean, 

 but poflibly procure fome kind of food from it. 



Hence in Siberia, as foon as the lakes are fro- 

 zen, the water fowl, which are very numerous, all 

 difappear, ,and are fuppofed to fly to warmer cli- 

 mates, except the rail, which, from its inability for 

 long flights, probably fleeps, like our bat, in their 

 winter. The following account from the Journey 

 of ProfefTor Gmelin, may entertain the reader, 

 " In the neighbourhood of Krafnoiark, amongft 

 many other emigrant water fowls, we obferved a 

 great number of rails, which when purfued never 

 took flight, but endeavoured to efcape by running. 

 We enquired how thefe birds, that could not fly, 

 could retire into other countries in the winter, and 

 were told, v bo-th by the Tartars and Affanians, that 

 they well knew thofe birds could not alone pafs 

 into other countries : but when the cranes (|es grues) 

 retire in autumn, each one takes a rail (un rale; upon, 

 his back, and carries hirn to a warmer climate.'* 



Recapitulation. 



T. All birds of paflfage can exift in the climates, 

 where they are produced. 



a, They 



