210 OBober 174^. 



the wild goofe fell, catch it, and keep if 

 for fome time at home, by this means many 

 of them have been made fo tame, that when 

 they were let out in the morning, they re- 

 turned in the evening, but to be more fure 

 of them, their wings are commonly clipped. 

 I have feen wild gQQ^Q of this kind, which 

 the owner aflured me, that he had kept for 

 more than twelve years -, but though he 

 kept eight of them, yet he never had the 

 pleafure to fee them copulate with the tame 

 ones, or lay eggs. 



Partridges, which are here in abun- 

 dance, may likewife be fo far tamed, as to 

 run about all day with the poultry, and to 

 come along with them to be fed when they 

 are called. In the fame manner I have 

 feen wild Pigeons, which were made fo 

 tame as to fly out and return again. In 

 fome winters there are immenfe quantities 

 of wild pigeons in Penjyhania. 



OEiober the 24th. Of all the rare birds 

 of North America, the Humming bird is the 

 moft admirable, or at leaft moft worthy of 

 peculiar attention. Several reafons induce 

 me to believe that few parts of the world 

 can produce its equal. Dr. Linnceus calls 

 it 'Trochilus Colubris, The Swedes and fome 

 Englijhmen call it the Kings bird, but the 

 name of Humming bird is more common. 



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