Book IIT. land of BARBADOS 
This Species of Birds are diftinguithed into the large and {mall Sort. 
One of the latter, which I have now. before me, weighs but Forty- 
eight Grains. From the Tip of one Wing to the oppofite, extended, js 
Five Inches; and its Length, from the Tail to the Extremity of its Bill, 
near Four : Its Feet are compofed of Three Claws before, and One be- 
hind. The Feathers under the Belly, the Tail, and the long Quill-feathers, 
are of a footy Black: Thofe which cover the Back and N. eck have a fine 
Mixture of Green: The Bill is about half an Inch long, and black : The 
Tongue, which is about an Inch long, is forked. This, darted into the 
Blofloms, fucks up the Honey-dew from moft Flowers: There are a few 
Feathers, which jut out higher than the reft, a little above the Bill, of an 
almoft inimitable fhining Green: A little higher up ftands ere@ another 
Feather of a flaming Purple: Thefe look very beautiful, efpecially when 
reflected to the Eye by the Rays of the Sun. 
The other Sort have a longer Bill, and are every way confiderably 
larger than this now defcribed. 
Thefe Birds make their Nefts under the Eaves of Houfes thatched with 
Straw, or in the Boughs of thady Trees: Thefe Nefts are very ‘artfully 
made, compofed of Straw, Hair, and Cotton, which laft covers the Infide. 
I have feen one of the Nefts, which was very extraordinary ; for it-was 
worked quite round the under Part of the Twig, to fecure the Neft, which 
was above: Had it been tied round with a String of any fort, it would 
not have been fo ftrong. What was very particular in it was, that the 
Neft was not built among{t fmall Twigs or Leaves, but upon the upper 
Part of a fingle Branch, perfectly free from all Leaves or Twigs. 
The Female lays Two {mall Eggs, fomewhat bigger than the largeft 
Pea, and longer. 
I have taken {everal young ones when fledged, and endeavoured to raife 
them; but never could effeé it; for no Art can Prepare a Liquid fo 
nourifhing as that which the Parent Bird extra@s from the F lowers. 
The SMALL YELLOW-BIR Dp. 
r HIS is a very fmall Bird, whofe Plumage hath a beautiful Mix- 
ture of Yellow and Red, efpecially about the Head. 
BIRDS of PASSAGE, 
“¥ MOTE cannot fufficiently admire the Wifdom of Providence in en- 
\ Vy duing thefe with a Sagacity proper to know their ftated Seafons 
to migrate from-perhaps a colder Climate to warmer, or from a Scarcity 
of Food in one Place to a Plenty in another, but more efpecially at the 
approaching Seafon for breeding. 
What afforded me this laft Hint, and induced me to believe, that their 
Migration is chiefly about that Time, was, that fome Years ago there came 
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