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The purple Finch 



Pinson violet^ 



N fize and (hape this Bird dif- 

 fers but little from our Chaf- 



finch. 



The belly is white 



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K T Oifeau eft a peu prh de la 

 meme grojfeur^ 

 figure que notre 



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le ventre blanc^ ^ le refte du 

 corps d''un violet fonce^ mile de 



the reft of the body is of a 



du(ky purple colour j but with 

 a mixture of brown in fome parts , particu- brun en quelques endroiis f il a fur tout les 

 iarly, the interior vanes of the wing feathers /ranges interieures des plumes de Pdile fort 



are brown, as are the tail feathers towards brunes : 'les plmnes de la queue font de Iq 



the end. 



meme couleur a leurs extremites. 



The Hen is brown, having her breaft La femelle 



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brune^ 



a la poitrine 



Ijpotted like our Mavis, When they firft iachetee^ comme notre mauvis. Lors que ces 

 appear in Carolina * (which is ufually in Oifeaux commencent a paroitre a la Caroline 



N(wember) they feed on the berries of Ju- (ce qui arrive ordinairement au mois de No? 

 niper; and m February they deftroy the vt\Thrt)ils fe nourrijfent de bayes de genevre-^ 

 fwelling buds of Fruit-Trees, in like man- £^ au mois de Fevrier ils detruifent les bour^ 



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Bull-finches do. They aflemble geons des arbres fruitier s^ de meme que n6tre 



fmall flights, and retire at the approach rouge-queile 



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"^affocient en petites volees^ 



of Winter 



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^ fe retirent au commencement de PHivero 



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Arbor in aqua nafcens 5 foliis latisy acuminatis 



non dentatisy -fruSiu Eleagni minore 



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The Tupelo Tree. 



Arbre nomme Tupelo. 



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HIS Tree ufually gro\ys large ^nd fpreading, '/^ET Arbre devient ordinairement fort hap^ 

 with an eredt trunk and regular head. 



leaves are fhaped like thofe of the Bay -Tree. 



The 

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fore etendu. Son tronc eft droit \ &' fes branches 

 fo?it un bouquet regulier. Ses feuilles rejfemblent a 



Autumn .its branches ' are thick fet with oval bkck ^^^^^^ ^^ laurier. EnAutomnefes branches font toutei 

 berries on long -foot- ftalks, each berry having a 

 hard* channelled flattifli ftone. Thefe berries have 



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a very fliarp and bitter ^tafte, yet are food for many 

 wild Animals, particularly Rac^oon^, Opuffums, 

 Bears, &c. ' The grain of the wood is' curled and 



very tough, and therefore very proper for naves of il efi fort propre pour %s mojeu^^ 

 cart-wheels^ and other Country iifes. "' 



couvertes de fruits noirs &^ ovaleSy attaches a de lo72g^ 

 pedicules. Ces fruits ont des noyau x durs^ applatis^ 

 &f canmles : ils font d' un gout dp re &^ afHer \ 

 cependa?it plufeurs ani?naux fauvages s* en nourriffent^ 

 fur tout les raccoofts^ les opojfums^ les ours^ &^c. L 

 grain de fon bois efi fr^ife^ ^ joi^t dur\ cefl pqurouci 



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ey grow CSr autres iitenfles qui fervent d V Agriculture. 



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ufually in moift pjaces in Virginia, Maryland an^ Arbre ci'oit prefque par tout d la Virginie, d Mari- 



CaroVma. 



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land. &' d la Caroline. 



