Additions to many of the Subjects defcribed in 
this WORK. 
S INCE the former Parts of this Work were published, I have met with feve- 
ral Paffages in different Authors that may ferve to illuftrate fome of the De¬ 
fections of the Things contained in it. I fhall therefore give here all thofe 
farther Lights, in order to make this Work as perfect as I can, and for the better 
finding what is added to any Defcription, I fhall Figure the Additions according 
to the Numbers on the Plates, in a Numerical Order, fo that the Plates may 
be readily turned to, or, when the Defcriptions are read over, the Reader may 
eafily examine whether any Thing farther be faid amongft thefe Additions. 
Plate i. Mr. Ray, in his Edition of Willughhy's Ornithology , has given an enter¬ 
taining Defcription of the Eagle's building her Neff in England-, and as it is likely 
they build and breed in much the fame Manner in America , I thought it would 
not be improper to infert his Defcription here, which is as follows: “ The 
sc Eagle , which doth not only come over hither to Prey, but alfo many Times 
“ builds and breeds with us yearly (they fay) upon the high Rocks of Snowden 
ec in Carnarvonjhire. In the Year of our Lord 1668, in the Wood-Lands, near the 
“ River Derwent , in the Peak oj Derhyfhirc, was found an Eagle's Neff, made of 
tc great Sticks, refling one End on the Ledge of a Rock, and the other on two 
“ Birch-Trees, upon which was a Layer of Rufhes, and over them a Layer of 
Lc Heath, and upon the Heath, Rufhes again, upon which lay one young one, 
“ and an addled Egg, and by them a Lamb, a Hare, and three Heath-Poults. 
“ The Nefl was about two Yards fquare, and had no Hollow in it. The young 
“ Eagle was as Black as a Hobby, of the Shape of a Gofhawk, of almoft the 
<c Weight of a Goofe, rough-footed, or feathered down to the Feet, having a 
* c white Ring about the Tail.” 
Plate 2. See an Addition to the Defcription of the King of the Vultures , in 
P. xx. of the Preface to the firft Part. 
Plate 5. My Friend Captain Ifaac Worth hath affur’d me, that the Black 
Parrot is a Native of Madagafcar: He being in that Ifland, Anno 1748, and having 
the firfl Part of my Hiftory of Birds with him, he compared the colour’d Figure 
with the Parrots he found in the Country, and discovered an exadt Agreement. 
Plate 6. Dr. Mead hath lately received a Parcel of Indian Birds, drawn in 
Colours, from Bengal , and amongft them a Parrot of the Size of my fmalleft Green 
1 arrot , which I take to be its Hen, it differing in nothing but the Want of the 
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