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Birds. NoW onder this Grain fhouid not be immediately 
known to Birds of diftant Regions; for above half a Cen- 
tury palled from the Time of cultivating Wheat, Rice, 
and Barley, in Virginia and Carolina , before thofe 
Grains were found out and frequented by thefe fo- 
reign Birds, of which one has but lately made its firft 
Appearance in Virginia as my ingenious Friend Dr. 
Mitchel informs me, that he being in his Garden a 
Bird flew over his Head which appeared with un- 
common Luftre, and furprifed him the more, not 
having feen the like Bird before* Mentioning this 
to fome of his Neighbours, he was told by them, what 
afterwards was confirmed to him by his own Ob- 
fervation ; *viz>. that thefe exotic Birds had but within 
thefe few Years appeared in Virginia , and had ne- 
ver been obfefved there before. 
They arrive annually at the time that Wheat (the 
Fields of which they moil' frequent) is at a certain 
Degree of Maturity ; and have conftantly every Year 
from their firft Appearance arrived about the tame 
time in numerous Flights. They have attain'd the 
Name of Wheat-Birds . 
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