. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ >3' ] of quail, which is defcribccl by Dr. Sliaw', ami Is diftingulfhed from the other kinds by wanting the hii\d-c!aw. Dr. Shaw alio ftatcs tliat it is a bird of paflagc. Now if quails really migrate from the coaft of Barbary to Italy, as is commt)nIy fuppofed, whence can it have arifen that this rtmarknhk fpccics hath cfcaped the notice of Aldrovandus, Ollna, and the olhcr ornithologies ? When 1 had juft finlflicd what 1 have here fald witli regard to the migration of qu
. Miscellanies [microform]. Northwest Passage; Natural history; Nord-Ouest, Passage du; Sciences naturelles. [ >3' ] of quail, which is defcribccl by Dr. Sliaw', ami Is diftingulfhed from the other kinds by wanting the hii\d-c!aw. Dr. Shaw alio ftatcs tliat it is a bird of paflagc. Now if quails really migrate from the coaft of Barbary to Italy, as is commt)nIy fuppofed, whence can it have arifen that this rtmarknhk fpccics hath cfcaped the notice of Aldrovandus, Ollna, and the olhcr ornithologies ? When 1 had juft finlflicd what 1 have here fald witli regard to the migration of quails, I had an opportunity of feeing the Iccond volume of Monf. de BufFon's ornithology"' ; he contends, that tliis bird leaves Europe in the winter. It is incumbent upon me, therefore, either to own I am con- vinced by what this moft ingenious and able naturalKl hath urged, or to give my reafons why 1 ftill continue co diflent from the opi- nion he maintains. Though M. de Buffon hath dlfcufled this point very much at large, yet I find only the following fads or arguments to be- ne w. He firft cites the Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences ", for an account given by RI. Godeheu of quails coming to tlie Uland of Malta in the month of May, and leaving it in S;. ptcmbcr. The firft anfwer to this obfervation is, that the ifland of Malta is not only near to the coaft of Africa, but to fcvcral of t!ie Medi- terranean iflands; it therefore amounts to no more than the flitting 1 have before taken notice of". \ BuiTon e ::ii, 4L0. »" See p. 450, ^i !c(|. " Tom. Hi. p- 91 iinil 92. ° Both Monf. dcGodchcu ivm] df Fjunon fieri to conc-ivc rlmt t!^c tae wind ;-,; but bucis on quail fhouUl fly in t\v: dirc«;t;o; i! I'j i;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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