Ou the lldrcat of Swalloivs in Winter. 09 



It Avill jirobablj; be in my power to procure you a speci- 

 men of the swallows, wliicli I will forward to any i^lacc you 

 may direct in New- York. 



I am, Sir, 



Your very humble servant, 



SEVER YN I. BRUYN 



Rev. Dr. Cutler. 



The followmy Account, puhllshed in a Ncio-York Paper, is al- 

 luded to in tills Letter. 



PouGiiKEErsiE, Fel). 23, 1790. 



"IN Ulster county, in tlio state of New-York, on an 

 island in the Neversink Creqk, nearlj^ in the latitude of 

 41° 30' N. a Mr. Baker, in the beginning of the month of 



March last, having cut down a large hollow beech tree, to 

 his surprise, found the cavity in the tree, nearly filled with 

 the common barn swallows of this country, in quantity 

 (by his estimation) nearly two barrels. They were in a 



torpid state ; but carrying some of those which were not 

 injured by the fall of the tree, near a fire, they were present- 

 ly reanimated by the warmth, and took the wing with the 



nsual agility. This may be depended on as a fact." 



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