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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 fhould foon gain a tolerable knowledge in the 

 palTage of the fmaller birds, and afcertain the 

 places of many of their habitations at all times of 

 the year. To illuftrate the hiftory of the Peli- 

 can, I fhall 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 repofitory 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 

 " fifh) the Onocrotalus fqueezes the contents of it 

 *^ into their mouths, by ftrongly comprefling it 

 " with the bill upon its breaft \ an adion which 

 *^ might well give occafion to the received tradi- 



