BIRDS. 
209 
Anas Penelope e . The Wigeon. 
This kind was brought alive in great numbers, 
nb °ut the middle and latter end of this month: they 
f e caught in nets at night, juft before the water is 
nt <rely returned or dried up. 
march. 
Tetrao Coturnix f . The Quail. 
An amazing number of thefe birds come to 
.Sypt at this time ; for in this month the wheat 
‘Pens. They conceal themfelves amongft the corn, 
a ™ Eg y.P tians ^ inow extremely well that there 
e thieves in their grounds; and when they ima- 
° n e the field to be full of them, they fpread a net 
t - er the corn, and furround the field, at the fame 
c me making a noife, by which the birds are fright* 
Q e T and endeavouring to rife, are caught in the 
^ m great numbers, and make a raoft delicate and 
'‘greeable difii. 
In December and January, 1749, 1 f aw Tringm, 
of arac * r "> an( l other migrating birds, of the genus 
1 fccolopax, fuch as Woodcocks, &c. at Smyrna; 
^terwards faw in the following year, 1750, at 
fa ? e time of the y ear > fome of the fame 
ttiii ° f bl i: ds m E gypt- Hence ^ fee, that 
f am t] , ng birds are not at aI1 obliged to go to the 
to ^hmate or country; but it is fuificient for them 
in ,| a place where the air is temperate, and food 
tlw ent y> in which they may winter ; neither do 
bi- e Which winter in Egypt, come from the fame 
O , as tbofe that winter in Natolia; for I have 
experience, that birds go in a direct line 
iNorth to South, and never take their courfe 
* bin. 
Syft. Nat. P. 126. 24. t Lin, $• ft. Nat. P. 161. 
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