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together upon the thickeft Trees, atid with joym 

 Notes Warble o'er their Songs. 



The Flylike Bird is no bigger than one's Thumb, 

 and the colour of its Feathers is fo changeable, 

 that 'tis hard to faften any one colour upon it. They 

 appear fometimes red, fometimes of a Gold colour, 

 at other times they are blew and red ; and proper- 

 ly fpeaking, 'tis only the brightnefs of the Sun that 

 makes us unfenfible of the change of its gold and 

 red colours. Its beak is as ftiarp as a Needle. It 

 flies from Flower to Flower, like a Bee, and by its 

 fluttering fucks the flowery Sap. Sometimes about 

 Noon it pearches upon the little branches of Plum- 

 trees or Cherry-trees. I have fent fome of 'em dead 

 to France , it being impoffible to keep 'em alive, and 

 they were look'd upon as a great Curiofity. 



There are ten or twelve forts of 



fhe Mrtk'Jn DuCkS in thiS CoUntr y- Thofe CaI1 ' d 

 Countries. Branchus, are the fmalleft indeed, but 



they are much the pretty eft. The Fea- 

 thers upon their Neck looks ib bright, by vertueof 

 the variety and livelinefs of their colours, that a Fur 

 of that nature would be invaluable in Mufcovy or 

 Turky. They owe the name of Branchus> to their 

 refHng upon the branches of Trees. There's ano- 

 ther Species of Ducks in this Country, that are as 

 black as Jackdaws, only their Beak and the circle 

 of their Eyes are red. 



The Seamews, Grelans and Sterlets, are Fowls that 

 fly inceffantly over Seas, Lakes, and Rivers, in or- 

 der to catch little Fifh. Their Flefn is good for no- 

 thing, befides that, they have no fubftance of Bo- 

 dy, though they feem to be as big as Pigeons. 



The Sea-Parrots bear the name of Parrots, upon 

 the account that their Beak is of the fame form 

 with that of the Land Parrot. They never quit the 

 Sea or the Shoar ; and are always flying upon the 

 fyrfa.ee of the Water, in queft of little Fish. Their 



colour 



