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ledge and Abilities to feek arid rind them out: From 
which we may infer, that the Birds we have been men- 
tioning could no more fubfift in the fultry Climes 
of the Molucca Hies, than Birds of Paradife could in 
the frigid Regions of Sweden or Lapland . 
Befides the migratory Birds already mention’d, 
which breed and remain the whole Summer, there 
are other Birds that arrive periodically at certain 
Places for the fake of fome Sort of Grain, or other 
Food, which may be fuppofed their own Country is 
deftitute of: Thefe Birds, after no long Continuance, 
depart, and are no more feen till that Time twelve 
Months after 5 at which time they return, and fo 
continue repeating thefe annual Vifits, as has been 
already obferved of the Rice Bird, and Blue-Wing 
of Carolina {Nat. Hift . Florid. &c. Voh I. p. 14, 
& 99.) Tho’ the fecret Ways by which Inftinft 
guides Birds, and other irrational Creatures, are tittle 
known to us, yet the Caufes of fome of their Actions 
are apparent. 
Analogous to the lucrative Searches of Man thro' 
diftant Regions, Birds take diftant Flights in queft of 
Food, or what elfe is agreeable to their Nature 5 
and when they difeover fome new Grain, or piealing 
Food, they return and acquaint their Community 
therewith, and joining in numerous Flights, make 
annual Excurfions to folace on this their exotic 
Food. 
Since the Difcovery of America there have been in* 
troduced from Europe feveral Sorts of Grain, which 
were never before known in that Part of the World, 
and which not before fome Length of Time were 
found out, and coveted by fome of thefe migratory 
M m m Birds. 
