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FRINGILLJ BAHAMENSIS. 



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The Bahama Finch. 



Pin?on de Bahama. 



eye 



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weighs 



fourteen 



penny 



weight. 



The head is Wacic 



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except a white line, wKich 

 runs from the bill over the 



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eye 



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and another under the 



The throat is black 



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except 



a 



yel- 



pefe mviron fix drachmes, 



Sa tete eft noire ^' txcepte une 



ray 



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blanche 



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qui 



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^kend de 



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Sa 



puis le bec^ jufqu*au dejfus de 



un autre an dejfous. 



Pmly 



gorge 



noire 



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ors une 



Hdch 



e jaune 



low fpot, clofe under the bill. The breaft fttuee immediatement fous le bee, Sa poitrine 



de couleur d"" orange ; fon ventre blahc 5 



IS orange coloured 5 the belly white ; the 



upper part of the neck and the rump, of ^ le dejfus du cou ^ du croupion font d*un 

 a dulky redj the back black 



the 



wing 



; rouge obfcur. Son do^ eft noir ; fes ailes 



, fa queue font brunes^ ^ melees de blanc : fes 



s and feet lead colour. Thefe jambes ^ fes pies font de couleur de plomb. 



Birds are frequent on many of the Bahama €es Oifeaux font commum dans plufieurs des 



and tail brown, with a mixture of white 

 the 



i (lands. 



ik^ Bahama. 



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Arbor Guaiaci latiore folio ; Bignoni^ flore caruleo ; fruSlu duro^ 



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duas 



tuiente 



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feminibus alatis^ imhricatim pofitis. 



partes 



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The broad leafed Guaiacum,with blue flowers. 



Arbre de Guaiac, aux fleurs bleues. 



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npHIS is a Tree of a middle fize. The leaves 



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lobe 



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are winged, with many fmall pointed alternate 





d'une grandeur medx 



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feuilles font pointues^ &^ oppopes alternativement 



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In May there proceeds from the ends of its h long des queues. Au mots de Mai il fort des 



branches feveral fpreading foot-llalks bearin 



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blue 



mites de fes branches plufieurs pedkules, q 



owers, in form not unlike thofe of the fox-glove, les uns des autres^^ portent des fleurs ajfez fetnhlables 



lies de la gantelee. Elles font fuivies par de grandes 



which are fucceeded 



by large 



flat roundifli feed 



l-xffels, or pods, commonly two inches over, con- cojfes, prefque rondes^ &' ordinairepnent de deux p 

 taining many fmall flat winged feeds. This Tree de d. 



dans lefquelles font renjermees plufit 

 grows on feveral of the Bahama iflands, particu- petkes feme?ices plates, &' ailees. Get Arhre 

 lar 



Providence, 



near the town of Naflaw^ on the ijland of dans plufieurs des iles Bahama, fi 



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de la ville de NaflTau, dapn Vifle de la Providence 



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