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Dr. in his fore-mentioned Work, Page 2 fays, “ the. Woodcock makes its 
firll: Appearance in OEiobeVy and continueth till Mci 7 ^ch following: j 4 f 7 7 cafis 
« call it \_Hammarel Hadiel] the Afs of the Partridgesr Since no Account tells us 
where the Woodcock goes in Summer, I am of Opinion, that they retiie to the Nor* 
them and unfrequented Parts of the World to breed : Xhe above Account fliews, that 
they fpread themfelves far Southward in the Winter. 
I have difcovered, that there are many Birds common both to the old World and 
America : I faw lately brought from Hadfon's-Bay a Bird, under the Name of a S/iow 
Bird, which, they fay, is one of the hrfl that appears in the Spring, while the 
Snow is yet on the Ground : On flridlly examining this Bird, I found it to be the gieat 
Pied’- Mountain Finch y or Bramhlingy defcribed in Willoughby'^ Ornithology, Page 255? 
belides this, I have received from North- America the Red-Legg'd Horfeman, or To- 
tanOy defcribed in Willoughby y Page 299; the Bald Coot defcribed. Page 319, and the 
Crofs-Billy or Loxiay defcribed Page 248, of the fame Author : Thefe are all Birds 
found m Europe y as well as m America y two of them, the Crofs-Billy and the 
Pied-Mountain Finchy are fmall Land Birds j 1 have alfo received from America the 
little Bird we call the Golden-Crown' d Wren. There are many of the^^^^^t-Fowls, 
that frequent the Northern Parts of the World, found both vex Eiirope Amei ica % 
white Partridge y OT LagopusAviSy is found in North-Americay as well as m Eu- 
rope. Mr. Catesbyy in his Hiftory of CarolinUy^ &c. has particularifed many Birds, 
that he obferved to be Inhabitants both of America and Europe. I do not wonder to 
find that Birds, who breed on the Sea Shores, and make long Flights over the Sea in 
the Northern Parts, fhould be, indifferently, Inhabitants both of the New and Old 
Worlds, becaufe we know that toward the North Pole the Continents of Europe and 
America are very near to one another, and may, for ought we know, join near the 
Pole. We muff fuppofe that thefe Birds have palled from America to Europe y or from 
Europe to Am.erica \ or that there were created, at firft, Birds of the felf-fanie Species 
in both thefe Parts of the World, which, according to my Way of Reafoning, can-^ 
not be fuppofed. Mofl: of the World agree, that each Species fprung from an origi- 
nal fingle Pair : But it feems more eafy to conceive how the Northern Water-Fowl 
fliould inhabit all the Northern Parts of the World, than to imagine how fmall Land 
Birds, and fome greater Fowls of fliort Flight, fuch as the while PartridgCy fhould 
be able from one and the fame Original to propagate itfelf in Europe and America. 
I cannot think thefe fmall Birds, ^c. can fpread themfelves from any Part of Europe 
Weflward, becaufe we know that there are wide Seas between Europe and Americay 
which reach pretty near the North Pole, in Countries where few or no Land Bird.s 
are found, even in the Summer : Therefore I imagine, that they have found^ a Way 
Eaflward from Par f ary. We cannot indeed fay there is a commodious Paiiage that 
Way, fince Japan in AJia, and California in America y are the neareft Lands to eaca 
other that we certainly know of, which however are at a very great Difiance : 1 et we 
know not but there may be Iflands, or extended Continent, between thefe Lands 
fomething to the Northward, that may join, or nearly join, Afia and America: I 
think our finding fmall Land Birds of the fame individual Species in both Parts of 
the World is a probable Reafon for this Opinion. I cannot help thinking, that Ame- 
rica was alfo peopled with the human Species from AJia Eafiward. Wliat has con- 
