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rURDUS PILARIS, MIGRATORIUS. 



The Fieldfare <?/^ Carolina. 



Grive brune de Paffage. 



E I G H S two ounces three 



ters 



quar- 

 and is about the fize and 



fhape of the European Fieldfare. 

 That part of the bill, next the 



head, 



IS 



yell 



ow 



over and under 



the eye are two white ftreaks. The 

 upper part of the head is black, with a mixture 

 of brown. The wings and upper part of the body 

 are brown : the tail dark brown : the throat black 

 and white : the breaft and belly red : the 



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egs 



d f( 



brow 



n. 



In Winter they arrive f 



in numerous 



North in Virgmia and Ca?'oIinay 

 flights, and return in the fpring as ours in Eng- 



having a loud cry like 



land. 



Th 



ey 



canorous 



Miffel-bird, which the following accident gave 



me an 



portunity of k 



g 



Flaving fome 



trees of Alater?ius fi 

 firfl: that had been 



f berrie 



wer 



the 



duced in Virginia) a fin 



£D 



Fieldfare feemed fo delighted with 



berries 

 them 



that he tarried all the fummer feeding on 



In Maryland^ I am told, they breed and abide th 



whole 



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LLE pefe cl 



c. deux 07ices 



trots 



quarts^ 

 a pen pfes de la me-me grojj^ezif 

 que celle d' Eui^ope^ ^ hit reffemble 



fort. 



La bdfe de 



bee 



blanch 



yeu 

 br 



X 



jaune : eiie a tine raye aiancne au 

 dejfus^ &^ tine autre au. dejfous des 

 le deffus de fa tete efl d\m ?ioir mele de 



un 



fes 



at 



les 



^ fon dos font bruns : fa queue 



d\m brun obfcur : fa gorge noire 



blanch 



oe : 



fa poitrine &^ 



pies h 



ventre 



runs. 



rouges^ fes jambes 

 Pendant Vhiver ces Oifeaux 

 viemu7tt par troupes du Nord dans la Virginie M 

 dans la Caroline^ t^ s en retournent au printemSy 



Us 



comme les grives que 770us voyons 

 chantent bien^ &^ ont la 

 comme noire grive brune qui fe nourrit de 



decouvert aue i)ar hazard. 



en Angleterre : 

 voix forte^ d peu pres 



gut : 



ce 



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J' 



n at 



auelaues alaternes 



/ 



que par 



charges 



T 



avots 



de bayes ( c etoient les 



premiers qui eujjhtt he plant es^,jda?is la Virginie j 



tme 



Grive prit im tel gout a ces bayeSy quelle 



On 



demeura pendant tout Vete pour en 7?ianger. 



ma dit que ces Grives demeuroie?it pendant toute 



ra?mee dans la Ma. iland 



petit s 



n 

 O 



y faifoient leurS 



yt 



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Ariftolochia piflolochia^ feu Serpentaria Virginia cauk nodofo, " . Pluk. Alma. p. 50 



Tab. 148. 



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The Snake-Root of Virginia, 



Serpentaire de la Virginie 



HIS Plant rlfcs out of the ground In one, two, and 

 fometimes three pliant ftalks, 



\^ fometimes three pliant ftalks, which at every little 

 diftance are crooked, or undulated- The leaves (land alter- 



/^ET'TE Plante poujfc iine^ deux, & qiielquefois trots tiges flexibles^ 

 ^ qui^ de petite diftance en petite diftance^ font tortucufes ou ondees : 

 fs fern lies font rongees alternativement fur fes tiges ^ & longues d'en- 



natelv and are about three inches lone, in form fomewhat like inron trois ponces: elks refjemhknt of'ez a cel/es du Smihx afpera. 



'fp 



The flowers grow clofe to the ground on Sesfteurs naifferit contre tcrrc Jur des pedicides longs d'un fence : 



foot ftalks an inch long, of a fingular fhape, though fomewhat elks font d'une figure fngidi ere ^ quoi quelles approchent de celle s de 

 refembline thofe of the Birth worts, of a dark purple colour. /'ariftoloche : lenr coulcur efl ponrfre fonce. II Icur fuccede Une 



the flower, containing capfule ronde & canelee, contcnant plufieiirs pttites fjnences^ qui 



May. The ufual price Jont mures au mois de Mai. Cette excellentc racine ne Je vend d la 



of this excellent root, both in Virginia and Carolina^ is about Virginie <£? d la Caroline que fix fous la livre, lors meme qu'elle ejl 



ipfula 

 many fmall feed?, which are 



fix pence a pound when dryed, which is money hardly earned. 

 Yet the Negro flaves, who only dig it, employ much of the 

 little time allowed them by their maflers In fearch of it; which 



feche : defl lien peu \ & cependant les NegreSy qui feuls prennent 

 la peine de la tirer de la terre^ y c-mployent la plus grdnde par tie 

 du peu de terns que leiirs maitres leur laijfcnt ; ce qui Jatt quon 



is the caufe of there being feldom found any but very fmall ne trounce gueres que de tres petite ferpentaire. Apres en aUoir 



Plants. By planting them"^ in a garden, they increafed fo in tr an f plant e dans un jardin, elle augment a telicment en deux ans,^ 



two years time that one's hand could not grafp the flalks of qiion ne poircoit ewpoigner d la jds tcutes les tiges d'une feule. 



one plant. It delights in fliady woods and is ufually found at plante. La Serpentaire fe plait dans les lieux omhrages, & fi; 



the roots of great trees. trouve communement fur.ia lacine des grands arbres, ; 



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