218 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
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_ In the Ifland of Zante, children often taket 
(ay _ a feather upon a hook, at the ene 
of a long thread from the window of a tower, of 
feather to convey to his neft, is caught upon 
the hook. : a 
_ Swifts are impatient of heat, and on that ae 
count pafs the middle of the day j in their nefls, 
Like others of their tribe, they are Hable o 
be infefted with ineas. | 
We are indebted to Mr. White, for the fe 
lowing obfervations on the Swift. 
That it eats, drinks, collects materials for is 
neft, and performs every office on the wing, exe 
cept fleeping, and incubation; he thinks he has. 
frequently feen them carefS one another in the 
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Pie Swit neier kes & nich to enjoy ill 
as in fultry weather, juft previous to thunder. In 
warm, funny mornings, in little parties, they wing 
their rapid flight round fleeples and churches, 
fqueaking in a clamorous manner: thefe are fup- : 
pofed to be the males ferenading their females a5 
they fit, fince they feldom alter their cry until they 
approach the neft, and thofe within return 2. ile 
note, expreflive of complacency. , — 
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