
(OF BIE RID Sai 8 
j se heie: are many. other {pecies, but little dif. 
. + tgpithed by their habits, from thefe mentioned, 
or remarkable for their p plumage. - 
-'Thefe birds, as well as Swallows, Nightin- 
“gle, &c. which feed on infects, are of efi eras : 
: - Rervice to man, : 
Without their afiftance, we fhould-be ailsiled 
ie myriads of injects; we fhould be tormented 
by their-bites and {tines ; they would devour the 
- Produce of our lands, defile our provifions, which 
“Mvain we fhould endeavour to preferve; they 
Would infett our chambers, and difturb our reft ; 
ke fo rapid is their multiplication, that our at- 
tempts to deftroy them, could fearcely be fuccefs~ 
‘ful, To this ufeful tribe ofbirds, we are indebted 
for our deliverance ; ; by their-means infects are 
Kept in fuch a degree of fubjection, as only to 
 Sonfume that which is fuperfluous, and which 
_ Without their help would become offentive. 
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-deliverers during the fummer, we feel in autumn ; 
towards the clofe of that feafon, they leave us to — 
on to milder climates, in purfuit of the infect food, 
ahesa they feem to have a pre-fentiment is loon 
to fail them here. ae 
During the interval between their departure, 
F ai the firft frofts, infe€ts increafe in abundance, 
Bias of es infest the air, and their rapid 
multiplis 
