
OF Boe R' B%s, -2 8 
It is obferved, that the common Swallow does 
not much alter the direction of his flight at the 
difcharge of a gun. 
Birds of paflage, who are fo much on the wing, 
have not the fame opportunity as birds who are 
perched upon trees, or concealed in hedges, of — 
obferving, and knowing, their moit dangerous 
enemy. a 
The legs of Terns are bare of feathers, and 
the body is covered witha thick down, which is ° 
the cafe with moft water-fowl.. ‘chey are found 
in'the Northern regions; and in the South 
Sea, which divides America from Afia, and in - 
almoft every climate between. 
The Noddy is another Tern; his tail is in the 
fhape of a wedge, the body is a a brownith black, 
the forehead white, with black round theeyes. Itis 
~ found in the feas, near the coaft of America; and 
is {carcely afraid of man, for it frequently alights 
upon the mafts and the yards of fhips, and fome- 
times upon the hands of the failors, if they hold 
them out. Noddies affemble about breeding-time, 
and fifth together in flocks, fkimming continually 
the furface of the fea, to catch thofe little fifth 
which are crowded together on account of the 
_ high winds. | 
. They 

