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A LAUD A MAGNA, 



The large Lark. 



Grand Allouette. 



HIS Bird weighs three ounces 



and 



a quarter. 



The bill is 



ftraight, (harp, and fomewhat 

 flat towards the end. Between 

 the eye and the noftril is a 



yellow fpot. The crown of the head is 



brown 



from 



E T Oifeau pefe trot's onces 

 un quart. Son bee eft droit ^ 

 pointu^ ^ un peu applati vers 



bout. 



narine 



with a du(ky white lift 



runnincr 



Entre roeil ^ 

 a une tache jaune 

 Le dejjus defa tete efl brun^ $^ part age pat 

 une raye d''un blanc fale^ qui commence de- 



the bill along the middle of it. 



A 



puis le bee, Une raye 



defcend dep 



black lift 



-« 



y 



of about an inch long, extends 



fon ceil jufqua environ un pouce plus bas^ le 



lon^ du 



Les cotes de fa tete font d 



downwards from the eye. The fides of gris clair. Ses at les, ^ le deffus de fon corps 



font de couleur de perdrix. II a fur la poi trine 



The wino-s and 



the head are light grey 



upper part of the body are of a Partridge. 



colour. The breaft has a 



mark, in form of a horfe-ftioe 



which 



forme de / 



larae 



black 

 "e xcep t 



une grande marque noire er 



cheval : hors cela fa gorge, 



de fon corps font jaune s. 11 a dans la queile 



deffu 



the throat and all the under part 



tnotivement tres vif de bas en h 



) 



It has a jettino; 



-'^. 



of the body are yellow. 



motion with its tail, fitting on the tops of 



fmall trees and bufties, in the manner of 



lors qu^il 



il fe perche fur la cime 



our bunting ; 



ngs 



and, in the Spring, 

 hiufically, though not many notes. 

 ifeed nioftly on the ground on the feed of 



grafles : their flefli is good meat. 



des petit s arbres, ou des buiffons, a peu pr}s 



traquet, II chante harmonieufe- 

 mettt au Print ems, quoi que fon ram age roule 

 fur peu de notes, Ces Oifeaux ne fe nourrif- 



J ^^ fi^^ pf^fq^^ q^^ ^^ feme nee s d^herbes qu'ils 



bonne 



They 



trouvent fur la terre : leu?: ch 

 manger. On en trouve a la Virgin ie, ^ 



\vh2ki\X. Carolina, Virginia, and moft of la Oaxo\m^,'i§ dans pre [que tout Fe Continent 



the Northern Continent o^ America, 



Septentrional de /'Amerique 



h ■ 



Ornithogalum luteum^ parvum^ foUis gramineis glahris. 



The Little yellow Star-Flower 



L'Ornithogalum jaune. 



H I S Plant grows ufually not above five inches in 

 height, producing many graffy leaves, from which 



fas ordinairement a plus 

 ponces de hauteur^ & produit plufieursjeuillesfemhlables 



rifes a {lender (talk, bearing a yellow ftar-like pentapetalous du gramcn. II fort du milieu de fes feui lies une tige J 



flower. . It has five Jlamina^ every leaf of the flower having 

 one growing oppofite to it. The flower is fucceeded by a 

 fmall long capfula^ containing many little black feeds. This 

 Plant grovys plentifully in mofl of the open paflure lands in 

 Carolina and Virginia^ where thefe Larks mod frequent, and 

 feed on the feed of it. 



Joiittent U7ie fieur jaune a cinq feui lies qui a cinq f I 

 Jeuille de la fieur en ay ant un lis a vis d'elle. Lors ^ 



eft paffeey i I lui fuccede une petite capfide lo?2gue^ qui contiertt pi 

 fieurs petites f 



lafi 



plufp 



Cette Pla?ite croit en grande abon^ 



de la Virginie. ^Les allouettes decrites ci-dejfus j 

 coup ces pdturagesy &fe nourifjeni de fa graine. 



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