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above two or three at a time : for they are 

 never gregarious. They may perhaps mi- 

 grate in general ; and, for that purpose, 

 draw towards the coast ofSusseT in Autumn : 

 but that they do not all withdraw I am 

 sure; because I see a few stragglers in many 

 counties, at all times of the year, especially 

 about warrens and stone quarries. 



I have no acquaintance, at present, among 

 the gentlemen of the navy : but have writ- 

 ten to a friend, who was a sea-chaplain in 

 the late war, desiring him to look into his 

 minutes, with respect to birds that settled 

 on their rigging during their voyage up or 

 down the channel. What Hasselquist says 

 on that subject is remarkable : there were 

 little short-winged birds frequently coming 

 on board his ship all the way from our 

 channel quite up to the Levant, especially 

 before squally weather. 



What you suggest, with regard to Spain, 

 is highly probable. The Winters of Anda- 

 lusia are so mild, that, in all likelihood, 

 the soft-billed birds that leave us at that 



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