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Carry Burdens, Till the Ground, and other Ufes of

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Head, wherein I confider

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The Brain, which is,

SLeffer than in Man 321.

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Placed lower than the Cerebellum,

The Nictitating Membrane, 322.

Carotid Arteries, and

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Situation nearer the midft of the Body, than in Man. Want of the Fastening of the Pericardium to the Midriff 328.

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Nervous kind. A Sample of which is given in the different Correfpondence between the Head and Heart of Man and Beaft, by the means of the Nerves 330. Birds. Concerning which I take a View of their

Body and Motion; where I confider

The Parts concerned in their Motion 335.

The Shape of the Body, made exactly for Swimming in, and paffing through the Air.

which are

Moft exactly Made for Lightnefs and Strength.

All well placed in every Part, for the Covering

and Motion of the Body.

Pruned and dreffed 336.

Wings, which are

Made of the very beft Materials, vi of Bones light and ftrong's Joynts exactly opening, thuc

ting, and moving, as the Occafions of Flightrequire; and the Pectoral Muscles, of the greatest Strength of any in the whole Body. (T)

Placed in the niceft poiqo of the Body of every Species, according to the Occafions of Flight, Swimming or Diving.

Tail, which is well made, and placed to keep the Body fteady, and affift in its Afcents and Defcents 338. Legs and Feet, which are made light for Flight, and incomparably accoutred for their proper Occafi ons of bandgil-aslaw bra PHDY

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Neck, which is made.

In due Proportion to the Legs,

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State. Of which I take notice of three Things,

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Migration remarkable for or quit
The Knowledge Birds have of Mp
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The Places proper for them.

Their Accommodation for long Flights by long or elfe
ftrong Wings.

vid to tim Incubation, which is confiderable for

The Egg, and its parts 352.

Act itself; that these Creatures fhould betake them-
felves to it, know this to be the Way to produce their
Young, and with Delight and Patience fit fuch a due
Number of Days.

The Neglect of it in any, as the Oftrich, and the won-
derful Provifion for the Young in that Cafe 355.

Nidification. Of which before.

Infects. Which, altho' a despised Tribe, doth in fome Refpects more fet forth the infinite Power and Wisdom of the Creator, than the larger Animals,

The things in this Tribe remarked upon are their

Body 362.

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Shaped, not fo much for long Flights, as for their Food,
and Condition of Life. 11. 1

Built not with Bones, but with what ferves both for
Bones and Covering tool zio

Eyes, reticulated to fee all ways at once 362.
Antennæ, and their Ufe 363.

Legs and Feet made for

Creeping 365.

Swimming and Walking.

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Hanging on fmooth Surfaces.

Leaping

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Spinning and Weaving Webs and Cafes.

Wings, which are

Nicely diftended with Bones 367,,

Some incomparably adorned with Feathers and elegant Colours.

Some joynted and folded up in their Elytra, and diftended again at pleasure.

In Number either.

Two, with Poifes.

Four, without Poifes.

Surprizing Minuteness of fome of thofe Animals themfelves, especially of their parts, which are as numerous and various as in other Animal Bodies 370. State ; which fets forth a particular Concurrence of the Divine Providence, in the wife and careful Provision that is made for their

Security

Security against Winter, by their

Subfifting in a different, viz. their Nympha or Aurelia

state 371

Living i

Living in Torpitude, without any Waffe of Body or
rits 372.

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Chufing proper Places to lay up their Eggs and Sperm,

fo that the

Eggs may have due Incubation 375. 105

Young fufficient Food.

Care and Curiofity in repofiting 'their Eggs in neat Order,
and with the proper Part uppermoft 384.

Incomparable Art of Nidification, by being endow'd with
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Parts proper for, and agreeable to the feveral Ways of
Nidification, and the Materials they use in it..

Architectonick Sagacity to build and weave their Cells, or to make even Nature heffelf their Hand maid 386, Reptiles. Which agreeing with other Animals in fomething or other before treated of, I confider only

Motion, which is very remarkable, whether we confider the
Manner of it, as

dom Vermicular 397.
Sinuous.

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Scourge Man's Wickedness 400.

their Prey

Their eafy Capture and Mastery of their Prey,

Their Digeftion.

Watery Inhabitants confiderable for their

Great Variety 401.

Prodigious Multitudes.

Vaft Bulk of fome, and furprizing Minutenefs of others 403.
Incomparable Contrivance and Structure of their Bodies.
Supplies of Food.

Refpiration.

Adjustment of their Organs of Vision to their Element,
Poise and Motion of the Body every Way 404.

Infenfitive Inhabitants. Among which having mentioned Foffils and others, I infift only upon Vegetables, and that in a curíory manner upon their

Great Variety for the feveral Uses of the World 405.

| Anatomy.

Leaves 407.

Flowers and their admirable Gaiety.

Seed, remarkable for its

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Containing in it a compleat Plant 409.

Prefervation and Safety in the Gems, Fruit, Earth,

Sowing, which is provided for by Down, Wings, Springy

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Cafes, carried about by Birds, fown by the Husbandman, &c. 413,

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Growing and Standing: Some by

Their own Strength 418.

The Help of others, by clafping about, or hanging upon

them.

Remarkable Ufe, efpecially of fome which feem to be provided for the Good of

All Places 420.

Some particular Places, to

Heal fome Local Distempers, 2Supply fome Local Wants.

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Practical Inferences upon the whole are these Six, xix. That GOD's Work,

1. Are great and excellent 425

2. Ought to be enquired into, with a Commendation of fuch as do fo 427.

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3. Are manifeft to all, and therefore Atheism unreasonable 428. 4. Ought to excite Fear and Obedience 431.

5. Ought to excite Thankfulness 432.

6. Should move us to pay God his due Homages and Worship, particularly that of the Lord's Day: which is an Appointment The most antient 438.

Wifely contrived for Dispatch of Bufinefs, and to prevent
Carnality.

Whofe proper Bufinefs is, to ceafe from Worldly, and to
follow Spiritual Employments, the chief of which is the
Publick Worship of GOD.

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