§. XXXVIIL 
It appears from the works of Hemandezf, PifojJ feveral other writers, that many of the palTenger birds of 
Pennfylvania, and other parts of the United-States, are alfo natives of Mexico, Brafil, and other fouthern parts of 
America. I (hall here mention a few of thefe birds ; viz. the Vultur Aura, Pfittacus pertinax, Oriolus phoeniceus, 
Oriolus Baltimore? Gracula Quifcula, Gracula Barita, Picus principalis, Picus carolinus, or Carolina Woodpecker, 
Alcedo Alcyon? Trochilus Colubris, Columba migratoria, Columba carolinenfis, Columba pafferina, TurdusPoly- 
glottos, Turdus minor, Motacilla aurocapilla, Ampelis Garrulus, Emberiza Oryzivora, Emberiza Ciris,* or Painted 
Bunting, Tanagra cyanea, Tanagra rubra, Mufcicapa Tyrannus, or Fork-tail-Flycatcher, Motacilla Sialis, Mufcicapa 
Ruticilla, Motacilla cserulea, Motacilla Guira,* or Guira Warbler, Platalea Ajaja,* or Rofeate Spoon-Bill, Ardea 
canadenfis, or Brown Crane, Ardea Nydicorax? Tantalus Loculator,* or Wood-Ibis, Tantalus ruber,* or Scarlet 
Ibis, Charadrius Hiaticula,* or Ringed Plover, Charadrius Himantopus, or Long-Legged Plover, Flaematopus 
Oftralegus, or Pied-Oyller-Catcher, Anas fponfa, and many others. § This circumftance renders it very probable, 
that many of our migratory birds pafs their winters in thefe fouthern climates. How much is it to be wilhed, that 
fome intelligent naturalifts would furnifli us with a lift of the migratory birds of Mexico, Brafil, the Weft-India- 
Iflands, &c. noting down, with care, the times of their difappearance from thofe countries, and the periods of 
their return to them. This would throw great light upon the difficult queftion which I am examining. Mean¬ 
while, I have little doubt it will be found, that feveral of thefe birds vifit us about the time they leave the warm 
countries juft mentioned. Some of the birds which I have mentioned, in the above lift, are known to migrate from 
and to Mexico, Brafil, and the Weft-Indies. 
§. XXXIX. 
My learned and candid friend Mr. Pennant (whofe name I never mention but with pleafure and with gratitude ; 
whofe works have contributed much to my information, and whofe example has ftimulated me to the ftudy of na^ 
tural hiftory) thinks there is the “ greateft probability,” that numbers of the birds of Kamtfchatka are common to 
North-America, and that they pafs there the feafons of migration.” j| I may obferve, on the other hand, that 
it is likely that many of the North-American fpecies pafs into Afia and Europe, making between thefe continents 
and the new-world regular migrations. I think (for I write from memory) that it is Profeffor Bifeke who has lately 
Ihown, that feveral of the North-American birds annually vifit the neighbourhood of Mittau, in Courland. Among 
others, I particularly recolle<ft that this writer mentions the Loxia Cardinalis, or Cardinal Grofbeak. In the farther 
inveftigation of the fubjed of the migration of birds, we ftiall difcover, that many fpecies (many more than is 
generally imagined) are common to the old and to the new-world; and that feveral fpecies are occafionally palfing 
into countries which before they had not vifited, I am not afraid, that genuine naturalifts will fuppofe, that the 
regularity of migration, which I have mentioned, between the two continents, is altogether imaginary. I certainly 
do not carry my birds as far, in fearch of food, of refting places, and of better climes, as did Cotton Mather, 
of New-England, who fancied that the Wild-Pigeons, on leaving us, repaired to fome undifcovered Satellite, 
accompanying the Earth at a near Diftance.”^ 
Rerum Medicarum Novas Hifpaniae Thefaurus, feu Plantarum, Aninialium, Mineralium Mexicanorum Hiftorla, &c. &c. Romae, 1651. Folio. 
I GulieJmi Pifonis, Medici Amftelaedamenfis, De Indiae Utriufque Re Naturali et Medica Libri Quatuordecim. Amftel^dami, 1658. Folio. 
§ In this lift: I have not given the Englifh names of any of thofe birds which occur in the Tables. I have annexed the mark of doubt to a few which, perhaps, 
are not entirely the fame fpecies in the United-States and in Southern America. Thofe which are dcfignated with an aftcrilk are not known in Pennfylvania. Mr. 
pennant fAr^ic Zoology. Vol. II. P. 107.) mentions the Motacilla Guira as a native of New-York.-The Emberiza Ciris has never (that I can learn) been feen 
farther north than Cape-Fear in North-Carolina, and not more than one mile from the fait water. The Spoon-Bill is fometimcs (though rarely) feen about the 
mouth of Cape-Fear-River. They are common about St. Aguftine, in Eaft-Florida, and even as far north as the Savanna-River. Mr. William Bartram. 
)) Ardic Zoology. Vol. II. P. 314. 
5 Sec the Philofophical Tranfadions, Abridg’d, Sec. Vol. V. Part II- P. l 6 x. 
