Book ILL: laid of BARBADOS. 
Bitondf re cRuive die dradGg 
Wake e HE SE are, in general, divided into Terreftrial and Aquatic. 
“1e@) || An Infpection into the Struure, Nature, and Qualities of 
ae) || every Species will convince us, that every Individual is ftamp- 
RSS| ed with Marks of infinite Wifdom : And Experience teaches 
== us, that the fame Power, which at firtt created them, hath, 
and, I may venture to fay, ever will preferve, not only the ftrongeft, but 
the feemingly weakeft, and moft helplefs, in a regular Succeflion, till Time 
fhall be no more. fe 
Such is the exact Symmetry, and juft Proportion, obfervable in the Body 
of Animals, that every Part is fubfervient to the Whole. The carnivo- 
rous and rapacious Kind, fuch as Eagles, Hawks, and Vulturs, have 
{trong crooked Bills, and tharp Talons, to fecure and tear their Prey: But 
as thefe Birds are deftru@tive to the more ufeful domeftic Kind, we find 
that.they are by far lefs numerous than the latter. 
The melodious Notes, and the beautiful Plumage, of fome, are not lef 
pleafing, the one to the Ear, and the other to the Eye, than the Fleth of 
others is delicate to the Tafte. 
Aquatic Birds are Web-footed ; and it is obfervable, that thofe that 
are obliged to feek their Food at a great Diftance from Land, have Wings 
remarkably large and ftrong, in proportion to their Bodies, to enable them 
to bear the Fatigue of a long Flight. 
Thofe which feed in the miry Skirts of muddy Ponds or Rivers, are 
provided with long Bills, Necks, and Legs, each being neceflary either to 
fearch for, or fecure, their Prey in fuch a Situation. 
The Curious and Learned may find thefé Inquiries and Reflections car- 
ried on to a laudable Height by the ingenious Mr. Willoughby, the learned 
Dr. Derham, and others. 
Neither this, nor any of our neighbouring Iflands, is ftored with ani 
great Variety of Birds; and the few that we have are not remarkable for 
their Notes, nor (the Humming-Bird excepted) for the Beauty of their 
Feathers; and our tame-bred F. owls, except the Guiney Fowls, Mufeory 
Ducks, and rumplefs Fowls, are much the fame as thofe in England, 
T. GUINEY 
