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PSITTACUS CAROLINlENStS. 



The Parrot of Carolina. 



Perroquet de la Caroline, 



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HIS Bird is of the bignefs 

 ther lefs than a Black-bird, 

 ing three ounces and an half : the 

 fore part of the 



head 



orange co- 



lour ; the hind part of the 

 and neck yellow. All the re 



head 

 ft of 



de la 



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eur 



d^un 



the Bird appears g 



but 



pon 



fcrutiny 



the interior vanes of moft of the wing feathers 



E T" Oifeau ^ 



Merle^ cu metJte plus peiit^ ^ pefe 

 trois onces &' demi. II a le deva7tt de 

 la tete couleur d' orange; le derrkr& 

 de la tete ^ le col jaune^ tout le rejie 

 de r Oifeau paroit verdy mais 'afreS 

 u'ne recherche plus exaSle fai trouve que les barhes 

 i?tterieures de la plupart des plmnes de V aife font 



d' 



un 



dark brown : the upper parts of the 

 of fhe larger wing or quill feathers an 

 ceeding gradually deeper colour'd to 

 yellow to green ; and from green to blue 

 of the fhoulder of the wing, for about three inches 



: colour. The wings are very 



brun ft 



once 



le haut des barbes exterieur&s 



exterior vane's des plus gra7tdes plumes de Fade font jaunes^ deve- 

 ^ vellow, pro- nant par degres plus foncees jufqu au bout ^ tira7it du 

 the end, frorh jaune au verd, &' du verd au bleu. Le bord du haut 



edg 



bright orang 

 s the tail ; 



down, is 



long, as is the tail \ having the two middle feathers 



longer than the others by an inch and half, and end 



de r aile eji a enviro7i trois pouces en defendant ^ d^u7i 

 beau couleur d^ orange : les ailes font fort Ungues de 

 meTne que la quelle^ dont les deux plumes du milieu 



point 



th 



eft are gradually iliorter. The leg 



font un pmce &^ demi plus longues qiiz les autres^ 

 Jiniffent en pointe : les autres font plus court es^ &P ceta 

 par degres. Les jambes &^ les pies fo7it blanc^ les pe- 

 tites plumes qui couvrent les cuijfes jufqu a la joint un 



and feet are white : the fmall feathers covering the de la jambe font vertes &^ bordees de couleur d^ or a?tge^ 

 thighsj are green, ending at the knees with a verge lis fe nourijfeitt des graines &^ des pepins des fruits^ 



of orange colour. 



of fruit ; particularly thofe of Cyprefs and Apples. 



The orchards in autumn are vifited 



flights of them ; where they make great deft 



They feed on feeds and kernels ^ fur tout des graines de cypres &' des pepins d& 



poimnes. II vient e7i autom.ne des volees innombrables 

 de ces oifeaux da7is les vergers^ ou ils font im grand 



numer 



- degdt\ car ils ne ma7tge72t que les pepins. 



Ce fo72t 



for their k 



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nly 



for the fame purpofe they 



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are c'ertam 



frequent Virginia \ which is the furtheft North I 



heard they have been feen. 



and fpeedy poifon to Cats. 



the Parrot kind in Carolina : 



the country ; but moft of them retire more South. 



auffi les pepif7s qui les attire7U dans la Virgi7ne^ qui 

 ef Vendroit du Nord le plus eloigne ou fay oui diri 



Leur boyaux fo77t U7t 



qu on ait vu 



de 



ces 01 eaux. 



poifon prompt &^ ajfure pour les chats. C\ft la feuh 

 This is the only one of efpece de Perroquet quil y ait dans la Caroline. 

 fome of them breed in 



^elque) uns font leurs petit s d la campa^ne, 'mats 

 la plupart fe retire7it plus au Sud. 



The Cypress of America. - 



THE Cyprefs (except the Tulip-tree) is the talkft and 

 largefl in thefe parts of the world. Near the ground 

 fome of them meafure 30 foot in circumference, rifing pyra- 

 midally fix foot, where it is about two thirds lefs j from which 

 to the limbs, which is ufually 60 or 70 foot, it grows in like 

 proportion of other trees. Four or five foot round this tree 

 (in a fingular manner) rife rhany flumps, fome a little above 

 ground, and others from one to four foot high, of various fhape 

 and fize, their tops round, covered with a fmooth red bark. 

 Thefe Aumps fhoot from the roots of the tree, yet they pro- 

 duce neither leaf nor branch, the tree increafing only by feed, 

 which in form are like the common Cyprefs, and contain a 

 balfamic cor..*itence of a fragrant fmell. The timber this tree 

 affords is excellent, and particularly for covering houfes with, 

 it being light, of a free grain, and refifling the injuries of the 

 weather better than any other here. It is an aquatic, and 

 ufually grows from one, five and fix foot deep in water; which 



Cypres de rAmenque* 



ejl le plus haut & le plus gros quil 



partte du monde^ excepte tarbre qui pot 

 out trente pies de ctrconference pi^h de t 

 uant toujour Sjuf qua la hauteur defix p, 

 s de la grojfeur dont ils font au pied ils c 

 lirement foixante oufoixante & dix pit 

 neme proportion que les autres arbres. 



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rultere a quatre ou cinq pies autour de cet arbre plufieurs chicots 

 differente Jorme & de differ ente grandeur^ quelques uns un pen 

 defftis de terre^ & d' autres depuis un pied de haut jufqi 



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Ces chicots 



fortent des racines de V arbre ^ cependant ils ne produijent 7ii jeiii 



que du grain de femence qui eji 



^pe72te 



la meme forme que celui des Cypres ordinaires^ i 

 jubjlance balfamique & odorijerante. Le bcis c 

 fait de cet arbre eft excellent^ fur tout pour couvrir les maifc 

 caufe qu'il eji leger, qu'il a le grain delie^ ©* qu'il rejif 



fait aucun autre que nous c 

 ft aquatiquCy & crott ordinairement dcp 



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fecure fituation feems to invite a great number of different birds P^^ JH^^^^^ <^% ^f^ de projond 



11 femble que fd 



to breed in its lofty branches ; amongft which this Parrot de- P^^^i^^ invite un grand nombre de different es for 



lights to make its nefi:, and in O£iober^ (at which time the feed 

 is ripe) to feed on their kernels. 



fur fes branches, pour y nndlipUer leur efpece ; le Perroquet 



jait volo7itiers Jon nid, & Je nourrit des pepins m 

 eft le terns de hur maturilL 



