44 



FRINGILLA TRICOLOR, 



% 



A, 



The painted Finch 



Pinion de trois Couleurs, 



HIS weighs nine penny weight, and 

 is about the bignefs of a Canary 



Bird 



The head and uooer 



of the neck 



7 



of 



PP 



part 



ramarine 



g 



yellow 



blue. The throat, breafl and belly 

 of a bright red. The back is g 



Er Oife 



drach 



g 



pefe .environ quatre 



mes 



'!> 



■beu p 



de la 



d\m Ji 



Sa the, &' k 



The 



g 



de/fus de fon cou fo?it d^un bleu d\ 



tretner. Sa gorge, fa foitrine, 



fon ventre font d'une rouge brillant 



compofed of Son dos efl d'un verd tirant fur le jaune. Ses aUesfom 



green, purple, and duiky red feathers. The rump is compofees de plumes vertes^vwlettes,&' d''un rouge ft 



red 



pie 



mele 



5 



and the tail dufky red, with a mixture of pur- Le has du dos &' la queue font d'un rouge ft 

 Tho' a particular defcription may be requilite, de violet, ^oi que pour domjer une idee plus exaEie 

 in order to give a more perfed idea of this Bird, de cet Oifeau, il faille en f aire une defcription detaillee. 



yet its colours may be comprized in three 



head 

 back g 



d 



k are blue, the belly red 



: the 

 d the 



peut cependant red. 



leurs 



fes diffi 



Its 



foft 



l(t tete &^ le coufont bleus, le ventre eft rouge 



but they have not ^ le dos verd. Son ramage efi doux, mais p 



much variety. They breed in C'f^r;?///^^, and affed Ces Oifeaux font leurs petits a laQ2iXo\mQ,&^ choififfi 



much to make their nefts in Orange-Trees 



do not continue there 



They 



I \ 



^uent the upper parts of the country 



Winter; nor do they fi 



faw 



fo el eg 



fifty miles ixpm the^ fea. Though the Cock 



the Heii is as remarkable for he 



principalement les Grangers, pour y faire leurs nids, II 

 ne demeurent pas dans ce pays- la pendant FHiver, &* 

 nentrent pas fort avant dans les terres. Je nen at 

 jamais vu a cinquante milks de la mer, ^uoique le mdU 

 foitfi beau, lafemelle neji pas moins remarquable p, 



colour, which is not unlike that of a Hen- Sparrow, fa couleur fimple, fort approchante de celle de lafemelle 



but with a faint tindure of g 



His Excellency Mr. Johnfon, the prelent Go 



vernour of South-Carolina 



kep 



four 



or 



fiv 



e o 



f 



thefe Birds, (taken from the neft) in 

 years ; in all which time, the Cocks 



d'un moineau, mais avec une petite nuance de verd, 



Son Excellence Monfieur Johnfon, aujourd'hui Gou- 

 verneur de la Caroline Meridionahs a pendant deux 



two 



ges, 

 nd Hen 



ans garde dans des cages quatre ou cinq de ces Oife 



quon ayoit pris dans le nid. Pendant tout ce temp. 



not eafy to les mdles &* les femelles dijferoient ft peu en couleur 



diftinguifh them. I have likewife caught the Cock qiiil etoit fort difficile de les diflinguer. J" en at prl 



varied fo little in colour/that 



was 



and Hen from their neft 



d could fee little moi-meme dans le nid. 



difference, they being both alike brown 



How 



P 



many y 



it is before they oome to their fi 



difference entre le male W la femelle, Vun^ I 



colour, is uncertain. When they are brought into d 



this cold 



appear'd by fome I brought along with me 



galement brun. On ignore combien ilfe pajfe 



que leurs couleurs ayent atteint leur 



they lofe much of their luftre, as perfeEiion, Us perdent beaucoup de leur luflre Iqrs 



The 



f 



les apporte 



climat froid, comme je I 



Spaniards call this .Bird Maripofa pintada, or the eprouve en quelques uns que f avois apportes avec moi 



painted Butterfly 



Les Efpagnols appellent cet Oifeau Maripofa pintad 

 le papillon de diverfes couleurs 



Alcea Floridana 



quinque capfularis^ Laurinis foliis^ kviter crenatis^ femin}bus 



* '^^ 



rarum injlar alatis^ Pluk. Amalth. 



conife- 



Tab. 



352- 



The Loblolly Tree. 



THIS is a tall and very ftreightTree, with a regular pyramidal 

 head. Its leaves are fliaped like thofe of the common Bay, 

 but ferrated. It begins to bloffom in May^ and continues bringing 

 forth its fiowers the greateft part of the Summer. The flowers are 

 fixed to foot ftalks, four or five inches long ; are monopetalous, di- 



ipfula. 



November, 



ifi 



Ipfula 



divides into five feftions, difclofing many fmall half winged feeds. 

 This Tree retains its leaves all the year, and grows only in wet places, 

 and ufually in water. The wood is fomewhat foft; yet I have feen 

 fome beautiful tables made of it. 



any of the more Northern Colonies, 



It grows in Carolina ^ but not in 



L/ 



re 



^guii^re. 



Alcee de la Floride. 



i 



ejt grandy fc? fort droit : fes Uanches forment une j 

 feuilles font de la meme figure que celles du 



elks fc 



ouffer des fieurs pendant prefq 



fleurir au mots de Mai 

 t VEtL Ces fieurs fon 



les fommets fc 



ifees en cinq fegmens^ qui entourent une toufft 



fc 



fieurs fu 



tes^ dont le calice efi divife. Lors q 

 fe divifent en cinq feSlions^ y laifft 



font 



femences. Cet Arhre garde fes ft 



des lieux humides, Cff fouvent meme dans l*eau. Son his efi 



cependant j^ en ai vu de fort belles tables. 

 pas dans les Colonies plus Septentrionales. 



11 croit a la Caroline, mais non 



