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CUCULU S C^ RO LIN I ENS IS. 



The Cuckow ^Carolina. 



Coiicu de la Caroline. 



S about the flze of a Black-bird : the 

 bill a little hooked and fharp • the 



upper mandible black J the under 



yellow : the large \ying feathers red- 



difli \ the reft of the wing, and all 

 the upper part of the body, head and neck, afh- 

 colour : all the under part of the body, from the bill 

 to the tail, white : the tail long and narrow, com- 

 pofed of fix long and four fhorter feathers ; the two 

 middlemoft afli- colour, the reft black, with their 



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ends white : their legs fhort and ftrong, having two 

 back toes, and two before. Their note Is very dif- 

 ferent from ours, and not fo remarkable as to be 

 taken notice of. It is a folitary Bird, frequenting 



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the darkeft recefTes of woods and fhady thickets* 

 They retire at the approach of winter. 



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 ■droits les plus fombres des 

 Jl fe retire a V approche 



Cajlanea pumila Virginiana^ fru&u racemato parvo in finguUs cap fulls 



echinatis unico, D. Banlfter. 



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The Chinkapin 



T is a Shrub which feldora grovvs higher than fixteen feet, 

 and ufually not above eight or ten : the body commonly 



eight or ten inches thick, and irregular ; the bark rough and 



fcaly ; the leaves are ferrated, and grow alternately, of a dark 

 green, their back-fides being of a greeniOi white : at the 

 joints of the leaves (hoot forth long fpikes of whitiOi flowers, 

 like thofe of the common Chefnut, which are fucceeded by 

 Nuts of a conick fhape, and the fize of a Hazel-nut ; the (liell, 

 which inclofes the kernel, is of the colour and confiftence of 

 that of a Chefnut, inclofed in a prickly burr, ufually five or 

 fix hanging in a clufter. They are ripe in September. 



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Thefe Nuts are fwcet, and more pleafant than the Chefnut; 

 of great ufe to the Indians, who for their winter's provifion 

 lay them up in ftore. 



Chinkapin. 



'E/I un a7'hrljfeau qui a rarement plus de feize pies de haii^y 

 & qui 71 en a ordinairement que huit ou dix ; // a huit on dix 

 ponces d'epaijfeury & croit d'une maniere fort irregidiere. 11 a 

 Vecorce raboteuje & ecaille. Les feuilles font dentelees^ d*un verd 

 jonce^ le revers d'un blanc verdatre, & croijjent alternativement ; 

 de Vaijfelle des feililks for tent de Ungues point es de fieurs hldiichatres 

 comme celles des chataignes ordinaires, a quoy fivciedent des rioix 

 d' line figure conique & de la grojfeur d'une neifette-, la coque^ qui 

 roiferme Vamande^ ejl de la mane touleur & de la meme confiftence 

 que celle d'une Chataigne^ qui eJl renfermce dans la gculJe. 11 y en 

 a ordinairement cinq oufix qui pendent en un peloton. Elks font 

 meures en Septembre. ^ ■ 



Ces noix font douces & plus agreahles que les Chataignes^ & 



font d'un grand if age aux Indiens qui en J ont leur provif on pour 

 rhiver^ 



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