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RUBICULA AMERICANA C MRU LEA. 



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The Blue Bird. 



Rouge-Go 



i 



C L 



Caro 



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 1 



HIS Bird vveiphs nineteen 



body, tail and wings, 



penny-weight, and is about 



the bignefs of a Sparrow. 

 The 



head, and upper-part of the 



are of a bright blue. 



ey 



are large. 



The 



J 



£T Oifeau pefe pre fqii* tine 

 once. II eft a peu pres de la 

 groffe 



eur 



d''un 



momeau. 



Ses 



o 



pt that the ends of the wing feathers 



brown. The throat and breaft are of 



a dirty red. The belly is white 



yeux font graf?ds, Sa tetCy 

 dejjus de fon corps ^ de fa 

 queue ^ de fes atles font d^un bleu fort 

 vif except e que les ext re mites des plumes des 

 atles font Prunes. Sa gorge', ^ fa poitrine 



Bird of a 



very fwift 



1 



ht 



a font d'^un rouge fale. Son ventre efi blanc. 



9 



Wings 



g very long j fo that the Hawk 



purfues 



be 



erally 



Cet Oifeau vole fort vlte, fes alles 



etant 



tres 



longuesy 



en forte qu 



e 



faucon 



holes and trees 



refemble 



? 



Infe6ls only 



They make their nefts pourfuit en vain. ' II fait fon nid dans les 



trous des arbres. C ''eft un Oifeau fort doux : 



. II ne fe 



harmlefs Birds 



Robin-red-breaft 



They feed 



^JJemble 



notre 



rouge-^ 



nourrit que d^nfecles. 



b ■ 



Thefe Birds are common In moft parts 



tr^s commun dans icute PA 



me 



of North America : for I have feen tl 



nem 



rique Septentrionale ; car fen ai 



vu 



a 



Carolina^ Virginia, Maryland, and the Caroline, a la Virginie, dans la Marilande, 



Bermudas I (land 



^ aux tics Bermudes 



Smilax non fpinofa, humilis, folio Ariftoloc hi £, baccis rubris 



npHIS Plant fometimes trails on the ground. 



■■' The leaves refemble thofe of the Birth-wort, 



and are fet alternately on its tender ftalks ; from 



which hang clufters of fmall red berries of an oval 



form, but pointed^ each 

 round feed. 



containmg 



a 



very 



hard 



'ErrE ?la7i. 



'fe quelquefois fur h 



^-^ Ses feuilles rejjembhnt a celles de /'Ariftc 

 Elks fo72t dijpofecs ahernalhement fur des tig. 



minces 



d 



pe?td:ent par grap 



de p 



ba 



rouges^ ovules^ ^ potntues. Chaque haye 

 graifte ronde fort dure. 



ayes 



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