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THE PHILOSOPHY 



To mark the times of the arrival and departure of birds of paf' 

 fage in different countries, and in different diftrids of the fame coun- 

 tries, and the probable motives arifing from the ftate of the country 

 with regard to heat and cold, and to that of the food peculiar to each 

 kind, would throw much light upon the hiftory of migration. To 

 Mr White of Selborne we are obliged for the following lifts of birds- 

 of paflage which he has obferved in his neighbourhood. Thefe lifts; 

 are arranged nearly in the order of time. 



Lift of Summer Birds of Pajfage. 



