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alfo or Creeper (which leaveth us in Ejfex until the } 
Spring, hue whether a Bird ot Paffage I can’t tell, this 
Bird I fay) I favv firft on March 23, the Winds that Day 
varying from S. to N. but blowing ftrongly the Day be- 
fore from the Weftward. Now it thofe Birds in the 
more Wefterly, or any other parts, at ico, 200 or more r, 
Miles diftance, (liould be difeovered to come fooner or 
later, we might conclude, that accordingly they came 
fromward the Eaft or Weft, or other Point, efpecially 
if about the fame time the Winds feemed to favour their i 
Flight. Thefe are all the Migratory Birds I have feen 
^ as yet this Year. But for a farther Sample I (hall annex f 
tny Obfervations laftYear, z/iz. The Swallow came March ■ 
31, making a great Outcry at his Approach, as if hefaw % 
fomething ftrange. Jpril i, the Jj/nx firft yelped here; ' ^ . 
April 4th, 1 firft efpied the Ruticilla or Redflart. The 5th V 
I faw the Martin, The 6th the Nightingale firft fang ^ 
with us. The 7th the Cuckpw I was told was heard, and 
the 9 th I heard it my felf. The 17th, I heard the Swift 'i 
OT Black- Martin fqueek in an Hole in my Houfe, in which ;| 
it hath quietly built for feveral Years : But it being cold 'j 
Weather, he did not fly abroad till fome Daysafter. Asm 
to the Coaft of the Winds about thofe times, they maytj 
(if defired) bebeft feen in my Tables, which I will fend 5 
you, &c. '1 

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