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" They breed, fays he, in Virginia and Caro- 

 lina, and make their nefts in holes of tall trees 

 (made by wood- peckers) growing in water, par- 

 ticularly cyprefs- trees. While they are young, 

 and unable to fly, the old ones carry them on 

 their backs from their nefts into the water ; and 

 at the approach of danger they fix with their 

 bills on the backs of the old ones, who fly away 

 with them. The female is all over brown.'* 

 I fuppofe by the name, it is a bird of paflage, 

 and retires fouthward from Virginia, Carolina, 

 &c. at the approach of winter. I have had the 

 advantage of feeing feveral of thefe birds brought 

 from Carolina to London alive, as well as the 

 above defcribed, which were newly killed. The 

 females of thefe I have feen were all over brown, 

 having fomething of a creft, like the male. 



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To illuftrate the hiftory of the Maccaws, I 

 cannot help borrowing from Commodore (now 

 Lord) Anfon's Voyage a beautiful pafl^age^ 

 which delcribes a waterfall in the ifland of Qui- 

 bo. ^' Near the north-eaft point of the ifland 



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