4 • 



Vil 



^ 



f 



the Fig 



of Anima 



and 



m 



the 



U7ie 



^lleure idee des Planles^ ^ des As 



proper colours, than from the moft exaft Defcription Us voya?it rep?'efe 



leurs couleuf 



naturelles 



without them : wherefore I have been lefs prol 



que pa?^ la defc7^iptio?z la plus exaSle fans le fe 



> 



the Defcription^ judging 



eceffary to tire the des jlgures : cejl pou?'quoi je 7?te 



motns 



'ndtt 



Reader with defcribing every Feather, yet, I hope I dans mes defcriptions^ &* fai crii qicH koit inutile 



fufi 



faid enough to diftinguifh 



con- 



de fc 



le Le8f. 



ert 



As to the Plants I have given them the Eiigliflj 



e?i partlculier ; cepe?'idant fefp 

 ijfez dit pour les dijlingiier fa7is co?ifufion 



fur chaquS 



e en avoir 



y'ai don?2e aux Pla?ttes les no?ns An^lois 



&> L 



d Indian nd.mes they are known by in thefe Coun- ciiens, par lefqudles elks fo 



d 



ans 



d for the Latin names I 



pays 



the above-mentioned 

 Dr. Sherard, 



beholden to la ; &' le Dr. Sherard, cefavant &^ exaEie Botanijle 



d and accurate Botanift 



la hojite de me fouritir les noms L 



I 



Very few of the Birds having names afTigned the 



Q 



h * 



da?is le pays ily a peu d'Oifeau qui ayeni 



m 



th 



e 



ntry, except fome which had Indian des noms particuh 



^^pte quelq 



uns 



names ; I have called them after Europeaji Birds of des noms hidiejis^ je leur at donne ceux 



the fame Genus^ with an additional Epithet to di- Europeens de la mime efpece^ avec un epithet e qui 



qui 

 des Oife 



ftinguifh 



As the Males of the Feather'd Kind h dijlingue. Dans 



(except a very ^^y^) are more elegantly coloured 



GUV rage J je n ai re 



prefente &^ decrit que les males de chaque 



the Females, I have throughout exhibited the Cocks d'OifeauXy parceque ghieralement leurs couleurs fc 



\y, except two or three ; and have added a fl 

 defcription of the Hens, wherein they differ 



co- 



plus belles que celles des fhfielles^ hors di 



I pies ^ ou J ai ajout. 



' u?ie courte defcription de la 

 lour from the Cocks, the want of which method jemelle^ &' des couleurs qui la dijlinguent du male ,• 



has caufed great confufion in works of this nature. en n 



Of the Paints, particularly Greens, ufed 



en 7iegligea?U cette methode^ il s'ejl glijfe beaucoup 

 fautes da72s les ouv rages de ce ge?ire. 



D 



le choix des couleu 



illumination of figures, 1 had principally a regard to verdi 

 thofe moft refembling Nature, that were durable and atten 



&' en particuUer des 



P 



would 

 clous 



retain their luftre, 

 and fliining, but of 



ijedling others very fp 



ely qui fo 



enluminer les planches, fai fur tout en 

 iployer celles qui approchent le plus dte- 



les pit 



durables^ &* 



fe 



fading quality. Yet give me leave to obferve there 



d le fnieux leur luftre ; ^ f ai rejette les autres, quoi qu$ 



brillantes &' apparentes, mais peu naturelles^ &' d 

 degree of Green, but what fome Plants are qualite afe pajfer bientot. Cependant qu on me p 

 poffefs'd of at different times of the year, and the mette de remarquer quil ny a point de nuance 



IS no 



fame Plant changes its Colour gradually with it's Age: 

 for in the Spring the Woods and all Plants in gene- 

 ral are more yellow and bright j and as the Summer 



d dont quelques Plant es nefoyent color ees en differ ens 

 ips de Fannee ; ^ la 7neme Plant e change fa couleur 



■miTc 



advances, the G 



daj'is le Print ems les Plant es des 



leir 



fall 



tl 



Wl 



Paintlns with a living Pi 



grow deeper, and the 



Bois, &' toutes les Plant es en general, font plus jaunes 



yet of a more dark and dirty colour, ^ plus brillantes, &' a mefure que VEte 



k 



I infer from this 



that by comparing a verd devient plus fonce, ^ vers L 



th 



e 



diff 



erence or co- 



f 



d 



if any, may proceed from the above 



tet?is de la ch. 

 Heft encore plus obfcur &' plus f ale ; d'ouje conch 



en com 



As to 



French Tranflation I 



- - 



am obliged to a 



very mgenious Gentleman, a Dodor of Phyiick, and DoBeur en Med 



que la difference de coideur, ft 



par ant une Plante vivante avec fa reprefefitation, pent 

 proceder de la caufe ci- deffus mentjo?i?iee. 



^ant a la traduBion Franqoife, un de mes Amls^ 



Frenchman born, whofe Modefiy 



&' Francois, a bie7i voulu 



not 



mention his Name 



P 



donner la peine, a cond\ 



nomme. 



ils 



feroir pa$ 



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t' 



/ 



