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known by its flight, and taken more notice of 

 than fmaller birds of paflage. If any knowing 

 perfons, who travel, would make particular ob- 

 fervations on the fmaller kind of birds, when they 

 pafs to and from particular countries, I believe 

 we lliould foon gain a tolerable knowledge in the 

 paflage of the fmaller birds, and afcertain the 

 places of many of their habitations at all times of 

 the year. To illufl:rate the hiftory of the Peli- 

 can, I fliall add a quotation from Dr. Shaw's 

 Supplement to his Travels or Obfervations, &c, 

 page 89. which is as follows : 



" The Onocrotalus^ another noted bird of the 

 Nile, is likewife called the Pelican ; the re- 

 " markable large pouch or bag, that is fufpend- 

 " ed from the bill of this bird, ferves not only 

 " as a repofltory for its food, but as a net like* 

 " wife wherewithal to catch it ; and it may be 

 " further obferved, that in feeding its young 

 " ones (whether this bag be loaded with water or 

 fifli) the Onocrotalus fqueezes the contents of it 

 " into their mouths, by fl:rongly comprefling it 

 with the bill upon its breafl: ; an adlion which 

 might well give occafion to thç received tradi- 



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