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Cauda furcata. 



The Swallow-Tail Hawk. 



Epervier a queiie d'Hirondelle 



T weighs fourteen ounces : the 

 Back black and hooked, with- 

 out angles on the fides of the 

 upper Mandible, as in other 

 Hawks j the Eyes very large, 

 and black, with a red Iris: the Head, 



E T oifeau pefe quatorze onces. 

 II a k bee noir £/ eroehu^ mats 



n^a point de cro 



ehets 



aux 



cotes 



de 



viers. 



^a mandibtde fupe^ 



rieure commes les autre s Eper-* 



II a les jieux fort grands £/ noirSy 



le coUy la poitriney 



tete 



Neck, Breaft and Belly white; the Upper- &f Piris rouge-, 



part of the Wing and Back, dark purple; &f le ventre font blancs\ le haut de Paile fcf 



but more dulky towards the lower parts, le dos d'^un pour pre fonce^ mats plus brund- 

 with a tinfture of green ; the Wings long, 



tre vers le bas, avec une tetnture de verd, 

 in proportion to the Body ; they being Les at les font longues h proportion du corp 



s 



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extended, are four foot ; the Tail dark fc^ ont quatre pies lorfqu'ellesfont deploy ees 



purple, mix'd with 

 ed, 



reen, remarkably fork- 



^ 



the utmoft and longeft feather bein 



eight inches longer 

 which is fhorteft. 



la quelle efl d'*un pourpre fonce^ mele de verdy 

 tf tres four c hue y la plus longue plume dcs 



than the middlemoft, cotes ay ant huit pouces de long plus qu 



p 



Like Swallows, they continue Ion 



the 



wm 



> 



catching, 



on 



plus court e de milieu, , 



lis volent long-tems comme les Hirondelles, 



as 



they 



> 



Flies, and other Infers, from trees and 



bufhes. 



They 



are 



faid 



Beetles, ^ prenent ainf en volant les EfcarbotSy les 



autre s infe&es fur les arbres 



Mouches 



to 



prey upon ^ fur les buif[ons : on dit qu'ils font leur 



Lizards and other Serpents; which has proye de Lezards ^ de Serpents y ce qui fait 

 given them (by fome)- the name of Snalke- que quelq 



HazjoL 



fage, 



winter. 



uns les ont appelles Ep 

 believe they are birds of paf- a ferpents. J^e crois que ce font des oifed 



de paJfagCy n^en ay ant jamais vu aucun p 



not having feen any of them in 



dant rhiver 



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