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" its Banks, and the Country in a proper Difpofition to fupply them with Nourifh- 
ment: No lefs extraordinary are thofe Flights of Pigeons^ that have been obferved 
in New-England^ and other Parts of America^ I think what is faid by Dr. 
Shaw, in the above Quotation is fufficient to convince any one, that the Stork is a 
conftant Inhabitant of this World, and that it only pafles from one Part of its Super¬ 
ficies to another at certain Seafons, the better to accommodate itfelf with a temperate 
Climate, and proper Food : Thofe that leave Egypt in Aprils and dire< 5 l their Courfe 
North-Eafi:, are, I fuppofe, what appear in Germany^ and the Low Countries^ all the 
Summer, A North-Eafi: Dired:ion from Egypt carries them along the Coafi: of Judaay 
for its whole Length ; from whence ’tis likely they go diredly North, acrofs Natolia^ 
and pafs by the Eafi: End of the Black Sea, by which Means they have Land in 
View through the Courfe of their w^hole Journey; when they have pafied by the 
Black Sea, the firm Lands- of Europe and ^a to the North are open before them, 
fo that they may take their Courfe to the Places of their deftined Habitations. I fup¬ 
pofe they do not'"breed in Egypt, SmcQ Dr. Shaw hTith. not mentioned it 5 *but I 
imagine that all Birds of Paflage go Northward to breed, and retire Southward to¬ 
ward Winter, that is, of fuch Birds as inhabit on this Side the Equinodtial Line j 
for, I fuppofe, that what Birds of Pafiage there are, that continue always to the 
South of the Equinodtial, go toward the Southern Pole in the Summer of that Part of 
the World, and retire toward the Equinodrial Line at the Approach of their Winter. 
Yet, I believe, the Stork breeds in fome Parts of the World as far South as Egypt, 
though perhaps the Climate may be cooler, becaufe of its high Situation. For Le 
Bruyn in hh'TvdiVth Into Mtifcovy, Perfta, &c. tells us, that oiv the Tops of-the tall 
Pillars in the Ruins of Perfepolis he obferved Storks Nefts, on fome of them oneNefi, 
on others tv/o,- Storks that pafs to the Northward of the Weft from E^pt 
to the Northern Cdafts of Barbary, I 'fuppofe breed there, becaufe they continue 
there all the Summer according to Dr. Shaw's Account. 
I fuppofe thofe Storks that vifit the Northern Parts of Barbary never pafs over the 
Mediterranean Sea into Spain, or France, becaufe we have no Account of their be¬ 
ing found there at any Time of the Year. Thefe Countries may be. Tor fome Caufe 
unknown to us, not adopted to" their Nature. I am not of the vulgar Opinion, that 
they ayoid thefe Lands, becaufe their Governments are Monarchical. The Stork 
is, I believe, the largefi Bird of Pafiage we have in Europe ; it is known by its 
Flight, and taken more Notice of than fmaller Birds of Pafilrge : If any knowing 
Perfons, who travel, ..would make pa’'ticular Obfervations on the fmaller Kind of 
Birds, when they pafs to and from particular Countries, I believe we fhould foon 
gain-a tolerable Knowledge in the Paflage of the fmaller Bird's, and afcertain the 
Places of many of their Habitations in all Parts of the Year. To illuftrate the Hif- 
tory of the Pelican, I lliall add a Quotation from Dr. Shaw’s Supplement to his 
Travels or Obfervations, &c. Page 89, which is as follows. 
“ The Omcrotalus, another noted Bird of the Nile, is likewife called the Pelican, 
“ the remarkable large Pouch or Bag, that is fufpended from the Bill of this Bird, 
ferves, not only as a Repofitory for its Food, but as a Net likewife wherewithal 
“ to catch it} and it may be further obferved, that in feeding its young Ones (whe- 
“ ther this Bag be loaded with Water or Fifli) the Omcrotalus icynttzts \\it Con- 
tent 
