( xii ) 
and while the hh-d is uttering the sonnd of whip-poo.-wiU, or weecolis, they wUl repeat the word " HacUi- 
1 i> 
time ; 
heeh;' wHch is "plant the ground." 
XXIV. 
T f • ion that all the birds which are mentioned in the tables, with the exception of the Alauda magna 
I am of opinion, that all the ""''^"^^^^ ^ others, are migratory birds, or birds of passage. But 
(Meadow-Lark), Tetrao virginianus ^l^^'^^^^^^^^ , ,,,, ,Hsts. In almost every country in which natu- 
I do not expect that this ~, J times of their disappearance has been a matter 
ral history has been cultivated, the places ot retreat or d ^^.^^ ^ ^^^^ 
of dispute. The question — J^- ^^^^^^^^^ eTo— stiuW difficulty in disco- 
:r—pre:;tZtf ir^^^^ 4ail,2Kanusvir.inianus.t whilst so.e of the Indians .sure us, 
Ihat L vlur aura (Turkey-Buz.ard) passes its winters in the hollows of trees, &c. 
XXV. 
So.e ingenious gentlemen, with who. I have con.ersed^u ^^^l^f^^ ^^^^ 
few of our birds are, strictly speaking, hu-ds of passage, ^^ey -agme, th 
on of cold weather, pass into a torpid state, wMlst others ^ ^Z;;^;^*^^"^ j;,. This opinion may he sup- 
..er, in close thickets, in the ^oUows^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^ Lnd in a to^d state. In nnld. 
ported by plausible arguments Som «P«=^«^ »' ^ among us; and eyen after 
^ters, several of *hose birds which are thougM be^om^^^ ^l„e-Bird, oL or two warm days in the winter 
the disappearance of some species, such as the MotaciUa Siali , oi , ^^.^^ ^ ^^^^ 
time will bring them back again. This notion is J^^^^^^^^^ I, L;,,,as, Tortoises, Frogs, Serpent., 
mals pass, and continue, during the winter -ason ; uch as diffi> sp 
and insects. Nor is it merely the ^^^f M^^^^^^ 
^:rr:T^::^^^^^ ^ r—rtt: at:::;:: r 
t=^^^^ S^L someof tL'speciesof S.uirrel, the 
Didelphis Opossum (Opossum), and others. 
§. XXVI. 
These various fa^it must be confessed, seem to ^ ^ ^t:^:':^::^^^^^^ 
kiemate,X or take up their winter-quarters among us, and ^^' ^^t ra the serpents, frogs, some quadrupeds, &c 
cannot but adopt the latter notion. The complete disclosure o ^^^f ^'^^^^^^ . ^ L,e difficult U 
become torpid, is rather an argument agamst the torpid state o our birds Why s . 
discover the latter than the former in a torpid state, i tl.y actually went into th^ ate . P ^^^^ ^ 
be found in the torpid state as readily as a single Swallow, or Hummmg-Biid^ It is reco d d in p 
well's ponderous of the late Dr. Samuel Johnson, that in a ^<^-^2T^:^^Z^^STZ these birds, in th, 
..jY I' 1 P i6 t See Appendix I. r. I?- 
^ See Appendix 1. I'. i8. 
