('ii's) 
" its Banks^ and die- Country in a proper Dlfpofition to fupply them with Nourifli^- 
ment : No-lefs extraordinary are thofe Flights of Pigeo?is,^ that have been obferved 
in Ne%v-Englandy and other Parts of America^ ^ I think what is faid by Dr. 
Shaw in the above Qiiotation is fufficient to convince any one, that the Stork is a 
eonflant Inhabitant of. this World, and that it only paffes from^ one Part of its Super- 
ficies to another at certain Seafons, the better to accommodate itfelf with a temperate 
Climate, and proper Food : Thofe that leave Egypt in April, and diredt their Courfe' 
North-Ead:, are, I fuppofe, what appear in Germany, and the Eow Countries, all the 
Summer. A North-Eaft Diredlion from Egypt carries them along the Coafl: of Judrea, 
for its whole Length 5 from whence ’tis likely they go diredly North, acrofs Natolta; 
and pafs by the Ead: End of the Black Sea, by which Means they have Land m 
View through the Courfe of their whole Journey ; when they have palled by the 
Black Sea, the firm Lands of Europe and Afia to the North are open before them; 
fo that they may take their Courfe to the Places of their deftmed Habitations. I fup- 
pofe they do not breed in Egypt, fince Dr. Shaw hath not mentioned it ; but I 
imagine that all Birds of Padage go Northward to breed, and retire- ^uth ward to- 
ward Winter, that is, of fuch Birds as inhabit on this Side the Equinodtial Line j 
for, I Ihppofe, that what Birds of Paffage there are,^ that continue always'-to the 
South of the Equinodtial,' go toward the Southern Pole in* the Summer of that Part of 
the World, and retire toward the Equinodfial Line at the Approach of their Winter. 
Yet, I believe, the Stork breeds in fome Parts of the World as far South as Egypt, 
though perhaps the Climate may be cooler, becaule ot its high Situation. For Le 
Bruyn in his Travels into Mufeovy, Perfia, &c. tells us, 4hat on the Tops of the tdl 
Pillars in the Ruins of Perfepolis he obferved Storks Neds, on fome of them one Neft, 
on others two; Thofe that -pafs to the Northward of the Wed -from 
to the Northern Ccads of Barbary, ITuppofe breed there, becaufe they continue 
there all the Summer according to Dr. Sbaw"^ Account. 
I fuppofe thofe Storks that vifit the Northern Parts of Barbary never pafs over the 
Mediterranean Sea mto Spain, ot 'France, htc^uftv^t have no Account of their be- 
ing found there at any Time of the Year. Thefe Countries may be, for fome Caufe 
unknown to us, not adopted to their Nature. I am not of the vulgar Opinion, that 
they avoid thefe Lands, becaufe their Governments are Monarchical. The Stork 
is, I believe, the larged ■ Bird of Paflage we have in Europe', it is known by its 
Flight, and taken more Notice of than fmaller Birds of Paflage : If any knowing 
PeiTons, who travel, would make pa^'ficular Obfervations on the fmaller Kind of 
Birds, when they pafs to and from particular Countries, I believe we fhould foon 
gain a tolerable Knowledge in the Padlige of the fmaller Birds, and afeertain the 
Places of many of their Habitations in all Parts of the Year. To illudrate the Hit- 
tory of the ■ I ihkll add ' a Quotation from Dr. Sba%P^ Supplement to his 
Travels or Obfervations, &c. Page 89, which is as follows. 
Tho Onocrotalus, another noted Bird of the Nile, is likewife called the Pelican j 
the remarkable large Pouch or Bkg, that is fufpended from the Bill of this Biidj. 
“ ferves, not only as a Repofitory for its Food, but as a Net likewife wherewithal 
“ to catch it;, and it may be further obferved,’ that in feeding its young Ones (whe- 
ther this Bag be loaded with Water or Fidi) the Omcrotalus fquQQz&^ the- Com- 
tent 
