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TURDUS RUFFUS. 



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The Fox coloured Thrujh. 



Grive roufle. 



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^HIS is 



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mew 



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arger than the 



Mock-bird, and of a more clumfy 

 mape. ... Its bill is fomewhat long, 



and a little hooked. 



Th 



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yellow, 

 body is 



eyes 



are 



All the upper part of its 

 of a muddy red, or fox- 



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is grojfe que le 

 pas fi degagee. 



Son bee ejl un feu long, - &* crochu : 



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LLE eft U7t p 



moqueur^ 



fes yeux font jaunes 



la par tie 



fup 



de fc 



ou c ouleur de renard 



zpte les 



colour, except the interior vanes of the quill fea- /ranges exterieures des grandes plumes des 

 thers, which are dark brown, and the ends of the Qui font d^un hrun ohfr.ur. M h^ p.^trp.mits 



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aues 



les extremites des 



" covert wing feathers, which are edged with dufky petites plumes qui 



les ailes 



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white. Its tail is very 



long, 



and of the fame blanc fale. Sa queiie ejl tres longue &' de la mem& 



colour with the back and wings. The neck, couleur que fon dos &' fes atles : fon cou, fa poitrine. 



treaft, and all the under part of the body, of 

 a dufky white, fpotted with dark brown : th 



fale 



legs and feet are brown. This Bird is called in pies font bruns 



it le dejfous 

 tachete de brt 



de fon 



'ps fo 



nt- d 

 jamb 



blanc 

 & fes 



la Virg 



on appelle cet 



Virginia the French Mock- bird. It remains all the Oifeau le Moqueur Frang 



// refle a la Caroline 



year in Caroli?ta and Virginia, It Ungs with fome 



variety of notes 



Mock-bird. 



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though 



not comparable to the quelq 



la Virginie pendant toute Vannee : fon chant a 

 ue variete ; mais il nejl pas comparable a celui 



du moqueur 



Cerafi fimilis arhufcula Mariana ^ Padi folio ^ flore alba parvo racemofo. 



Pluk. MantiflC 43. Tab. cccxxxix. 



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The cluster'd black Cherry. 



- Arbrifleau reflemblant au Cerifier nolr. 



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HIS Tree, in the manner of its growing, refembles much 



our common black Cherry, in the thick woods of Caro- 

 lina i where thefe Trees moft abound. They feldom grow jambe dans 

 bigger than a man's leg ; but by being removed to more open ^^is quand 

 places, they become large, fome of them being two fett in d^avantage. 



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E T Arbre dam fa maniere de crottre rejfemble beaucoup 



•efti 



"» On rien trouve gueres de plus gros que h 

 la Caroline, ou cet Arbre eft fort commun 

 nfplante dans un lieu plus ouverty il grojjii 

 oit qui ont jufques a deux pies de diametre 



diameter. In March it produces pendulous bunches of white An mois deMars ilproduit des bouquets renverfes dejli 



^flowers, which are fucceeded by fmall black Cherries of a 



'xquelles fuccedent de petites cerifes noire s un p 



.greenifh caft, hanging in clufters of five inches long, in the forment des grapes de cinq pouces de lojig^ femblables 



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manner of Currants. ^ The fruit of fome of thefe Trees is fweet grojeilles 



and pleafant: others are bitter. They are efteemed for making 



the bed cherry brandy of any other, and alfo for flocks to graft 

 other Cherries upon. They are much coveted by Birds, parti- 



fruits de quelques tins de ces Arbres font doux G? 



agreables : les autres font a?72ers. On eft. 



tfe que e7i ejl faite 3 G? oji efti me aujfi les cerife 

 ont ete greffees fur un de ces Arbres. . Les oifea 



cnlarly thofe of the Thrufh-kind. 



fur tout les grive Sy font fort friands de ces cerif 



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