BRITISH BIRDS, 
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In the fummer they fpread themfelves over the 
north of Europe and Afia as far as the arSic circle, 
and in the winter are met with in the warmer re- 
gions of India, Syria, Egypt, &c, and at the Cape 
of Good Hope. The courfe of their flight is dif- 
covered by the loud noife they make, for they foar 
to fuch a height as to be hardly vifible to the naked 
eye. Like the Wild-geefe, they form themfelves 
into different figures, defcribing a wedge, a trian- 
gle, or a circle. It is faid that they formerly vi- 
fited the fens and marflies of this ifland in large 
flocks, but they have now entirely forfaken it. 
