258 HISTORY OF 



Yet it must not be supposed that the manners 

 of our little birds prevail in all other countries, 

 and that such kinds as are stationary with us, 

 never wander in other parts of Europe ; on the 

 contrary it happens, that many of those kinds 

 which are birds of passage in England, are seen 

 in other places never to depart, but to make one 

 country their fixed residence the whole year 

 round. It is also frequent, that some birds, which 

 with us are faithful residents, in other kingdoms 

 put on the nature of birds of passage, and disap- 

 pear for a season. 



The swallow, that with us is particularly re- 

 marked for being a bird of passage, in Upper 

 Egypt, and in the island of Java, breeds and con- 

 tinues the whole year, without ever disappearing. 

 Larks, that remain with us the year throughout, 

 are birds of passage in Sweden, and forsake that 

 climate in winter, to return again with the return- 

 ing spring. The chaffinch, that with us is sta- 

 tionary, appears during the winter in Carolina 

 and Virginia, but disappears totally in summer, 

 to breed in the more northern regions. In Swe- 

 den, also, these little birds are seen returning, at 

 the approach of spring, from the warmer climates, 

 to propagate ; which being accomplished by the 

 latter end of autumn, the males and females sepa- 

 rate ; the males to continue among their native 

 snows, the females to seek a warmer and gentler 

 winter. On this occasion, they are seen in flocks 

 that darken all the air, without a single male 

 among them, making their way into the more 

 southern regions of Denmark, Germany, and 



