PREFACE, 
24a 
Nor is this 1 wonderful, though it may feem fo * 
for the generality of mankind, and efpecially 
thofe who travel merely for the fake of a liveli- 
hood, or a fortune, are fo little folicitous about 
things of this kind, that the air might be filled 
with f wallows in winter without their obferving 
it, as was plainly the cafe at Senegal. 
The number of birds that disappear in this 
kingdom is much greater than is generally ima- 
gined i efpecially if we reckon amongft them the 
birds which fhift quarters at different feafons, but 
do not crofs the feas. I fhall not attempt to give 
a lift of them, but recommend it to the curious, 
who live in the countrey the year round to watch 
them more narrowly, than they have hitherto 
been. Linnaeus fays, that moft of that genus of 
birds, which he calls motacillce , i. e. thofe fmall 
birds y which have a beak fubulated aud jlraity 
with chaps nearly equals noftrils of a pointed 
oval form , and tongue jaggedly indented , live 
upon infedls and not grain ; and therefore mi- 
grate from the northern to the fouthern parts to- 
wards winter \ but it appears, that many birds 
migrate not only in Sweden, but in Greece and 
other climates, that live with us all the year 
round. 
It is poftible, that after all i hav>$ faid, tending 
to revive natural augury, and after all the ne- 
ed lary obfervations fhall have been regiftred, that 
no ufe can be made of it ; but i am certain, that 
as long as men have ears and eyes, they muft 
think that one of the greateft delights of the 
countrey, efpecially during the fpring months, is 
owing to the lively motions, beautiful fhapes and 
colours, and melodious notes of birds, which 
will 
