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the fpace of a minute, then the noife ceafeth for 

 half a quarter of an hour, after which it be- 

 gins again. By this means we were dirc6led to 

 the place where the unfortunate More-hen fat, 

 and found them upon rotten mofiy trees. By 

 flapping one wing againft another they mean to 

 call their mates, and the humming noife that 

 enfues thereupon, may be heard a quarter of a 

 league. This they do only in the months of 

 April, May, September and 06tober; and, which 

 is very remarkable, the More-hen never flaps in 

 this manner but upon one tree. It begins at 

 break of day, and gives over about nine o'clock 

 in the morning, till about an hour before fun- 

 fet, then it flutters again and continues fo to do 

 till night. 



The Spur-winged Plover. 



Paul Lucas, in his Voyage to the Levant, 

 edit, in 3 vols. 12 mo, printed at Rouen, anno 

 Domini 1 7 1 9, gives a very ftrange account of a 

 bird found in the river Nile, which feems to me 

 to be this very fpecies of bird. Therefore, to 

 amufe the reader, I lhall tranfcribe his account 



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