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rURTUR MINIMUS GUTTATUS. 



The Ground-Dove. 



Petite Tourterelle Tachetee 



HE weight of this Dove was an 

 ounce and half: in fize about the 

 fame as a Lark. The bill is yello 



pt the 



end, which is 

 The iris of the eye red. 

 breaft and whole front of the Bird 



black. 

 The 



E poids da cet Oifeau eft d'une once 

 &' demie^ ^ fa groffeur celle d 'um 

 AUouette. Son bee eft jaune, hors. 

 I ' extremite qui ejl noire : . / '/WV d& 

 es yeux eji rouge : la poitriney 

 tout k devant de cet Oifeau efl d'une 



is of a changeable purpl 



with dark purple couleur de pourpre changeante avec des taches d^un 



The 



ge quill feather 



d 



of 



a 



pourpre fence : les grandes plumes des atles, &' la queue 

 In fout d^un pourpre ohfcur : les jamhes-^ &^ les pies d^un 



jaunefale : en un mot cet Oifeau a tant de differ entes 



muddy purple : the legs and feet dirty yellow. 



fhort, the whole Bird has fuch a compofition of 



lours, fo blended together, that no perfed defcrip- couleurs^ ^ / melees^ quil nefl pas pofftble de les 



tion by words can be given of it. I have obferved deer ire. J'ai meme obferve quils nont pas ious pre- 



fome of them to differ in colour from others: which cifement les mimes couleur s\ ce qui peut bien etre la 



probably may be the reafon, why Nier ember g^ Mar- caufe des differences que Von obferve dans les def 



graviuSy and others who 

 varied in their defcrip 



h 



o 



f 



of them tog-ether, and make fhort flights from pi 



defcribed it, have criptions que Nieremberge, Margravius, ^ quelques 

 They fly many autres en ont donnees. Ces Oifeaux volent en troupes^ 



place, lighting generally on the ground 



of moft 



tween the Trop 



s arret ent fouvent^ &* fe repofent ordinairement fur 



la terre. On en trouve dans prefque tous les pays 



America, lying be- de /'Amerique qui font entre les Tropiques. ^uelque- 



They 



They fome times approach fo fois ils s avancent vers le Nord jufques a la Care 



far North 

 the country 



Caroh 



d viflt the lower parts of 



line; 



viennent dans la partie baffe de ce pays 



the Sea, where thefe trees g 



and feed on the berries, which g 

 aromatic flavour. 



their flefh an 



vers la Mer, ou croiffent les arbres decrits ci-deffous^ 

 dont ils mangent les bayesy ce qui donne a leur chair 

 un gout aromatique. 



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Zanthoxylum fpinofum^ Lentifci^ longioribus foUis^ Euonymi fru&u capfulari^ ex 



Infula Jamaicenfu D. Banifter. Phytogr. 



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The Pellitory, or Tooth-ach Tree. 



J 



Arbre pour le Mai de Dents. 



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THIS Tree feldom grows above a foot la thicknefs, and 

 about lixteen feet high. The bark is white, and very 



'£ H Arbre a rarement plus defeize pies de haut fur un p 



^Ji blanche G? / 



rough. The trunk and large limbs are in a Angular manner gr offes branches ont celadeparticulier.qutls font prefque tous a 

 thick-fet, with pyramidal- (haped protuberances, pointing from de protuberances pyramidaks^ dont la point e eJi terminie t 



&fe 



the tree ; at the end of every one of which is a fliarp thorn. 



Thefe protuberances are of the fame confidence with the font de la meme confiji 



'pine tres atgue. Ces protuberances, qui font de differ entes groffe 



bark of the tree, of various fizes, the largeft being as bi 

 as walnuts. The fmaller branches are befet with prickles only. 

 The leaves are pennated, ftanding on a rib fix inches long, 

 to which the lobes are fet one aeainft another, with foot- 

 ilalks half an inch long. The lobes are awry, their greatest 



font grofft 



^P 



feuilles k 



petites 



& les ph 



fur une tige longue de fix pouces, a laquelle elks font 



par des pedicules d^un demi-p 



feuilles fo 



plus grandes cotes ne les part age ant pas p_ 

 vein not running in the middle, but on one fide, being bigger 11 poufje aux extremites des branches de longues tiges qui fo 



than the other. From the ends of the branches fhoot forth 

 long ftalks of fmall pentapetalous white flowers with reddifh 



petites feurs blanches a cinq ft 

 forment de petit s 



feur efl ji 



Jlamina. Every flower is fucceeded by four fhining black feeds, fmences dhin noir luifant, renfermees dans une capfule verte & 

 contained in a round green capfula. The leaves fmell like thofe 



ronde. 



of Orange ; which, with the feeds and bark, is aromatic, very 

 hot and afl:ringent, and Is ufed by the people inhabiting the fea 

 coafls oi Virginia and Carolina for the Tooth-ach, which has 

 given it its name. 



n 



font^ aufji bien que I 'ecorce & la fe 



7fi, 



efl de la que V Arbre a pris fo 



s peuples qui habit ent les cotes de 

 fervent pour le mal de Dents. ^ 



