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Additions to many of the Subjects defcribed in 
this WORK. 
I N C E the former Parts of this Work were publifhed, I have met with feve- 
ral Paffages in different Authors that may ferve to illuflrate fome of the De- 
feriptions of the Things contained in it. I fhall therefore give here all thofe 
farther Lights, in order to make this Work as perfedl as I can, and for the better 
finding what is added to any Defcription, I fhall Figure the Additions according 
to the Numbers on the Plates, in a Numerical Order, fo that the Plates may 
be readily turned to, or, when the Defcriptions are read over, the Reader may 
eafily examine whether any Thing farther be faid amongfl thefe Additions. ’ 
Plate i . Mr. Ray, in his Edition of Willughby' s Ornithology , has given an enter- 
taining Defcription of the Eagle's building her Nell in England * and as it is likely 
they build and breed in much the fame Manner in America , I thought it would 
not be improper to infert his Defcription here, which is as follows : cc The 
“ Eagle , which doth not only come over hither to Prey, but alfo many Times 
<c builds and breeds with us yearly (they fay) upon the high Rocks of Snowden 
€C in Carnarvonjhire. In the Year of our Lord 1668, in the Wood-Lands, near the 
<£ River Derwent , in the Peak of Derhyfhire , was found an Eagle's Neft, made of 
t£ great Sticks, refting one End on the Ledge of a Rock, and the other on two 
t£ Birch-Trees, upon which was a Layer of' Rufhes, and over them a Layer of 
<£ Heath, and upon the Heath, Rufhes again, upon which lay one young one, 
<£ and an addled Egg, and by them a Lamb, a Hare, and three Heath-Poults. 
* c The Neft was about two Yards fquare, and had no Hollow in it. The young 
<c Eagle was as Black as a Hobby, of the Shape of a Gofhawk, of almofl the 
<£ Weight of a Goofe, rough-footed, or feathered down to the Feet, having a 
<£ white Ring about the Tail.” 
Plate 2. See an Addition to the Defcription of the King of the Vultures , in 
P. xx. of the Preface to the firfl Part, 
Plate 5. My Friend Captain Ifaac Worth hath affur’d me, that the Black 
Parrot is a Native of Madagafcar : He being in that Ifland, Anno 1748, and having 
the firfl Part of my Hiflory of Birds with him, he compared the colour’d Figure 
with the Parrots he found in the Country, and difcovered an exadl Agreement. 
Plate 6. Dr. Mead hath lately received a Parcel of Indian Birds, drawn in 
Colours, from Bengal , and amongfl them a Parrot of the Size of my fmallefl Green 
Parrot, which I take to be its Hen, it differing in nothing but the Want of the 
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