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ICTERUS EX ^UREO 



NIGR 0^/E 



VARIUS. 



The Baltimore Bird, 



L'Oifeau Baltimore. 



S about the iize of a Sparrow ; 

 weishincT a little above an ounce. 

 The bill is fharp and tapering ; the 

 head and half-way down the back, 



of a fhining black. 



The 



wings, 



.* 



are 



except the upper parts (which are 

 black, with moft of the feathers edged 



yellow) 



on both fides with white. The reft of the body is 



of a bright colour, .between red and yellow. 



The 



E T Oifeau efl a peu pres de la grof- 



"eur d^unmoineau. II pefe un peu 



plus d'une once. Son bee ejl conique^ 



&^ fort pointu. Depuis la tete juf- 



quau milieu du dos il eji d^un noir 



nt notres^ excepte 



lull. 



Ces ailes font noires^ ex 

 qui ejl jaune. La flufp 



leur partie fupi 



des plumes font hordees de blanc des deux cotes, 



le rejle de Jon corps ejl d^une couleur brillante 



To 



two uppermoft feathers of the tail are black ; the de fa queiie fc 



le rouge &' le jaune. Les deux plumes fup 



noires 



&' les 



jaunes 



Ses 



refl yellow. 



It difappears in Winter. 



Hi 



The legs and feet are of a lead colour. 



This gold colour'd Bird 

 I have only fcen in Virginia and Maryland \ there 

 beino- none of them in Caroliiia. It is faid to have 

 its name from the Lord Baltimore s, coat of arms, 

 which are paly of fix, topaz and diamond, a bend, 

 counterchang'd ; his Lordfliip being a proprietor 

 in thofe countries. It breeds on the branches of 

 tall Trees, and ufually on the Poplar or Tulip-tree. 

 Its neft is built in a particular manner, fupported particuL 



jambes &' fes pies font de couleur de plomb. II difp 



J' 



vu 



Oifeau couleur d^or qu 



la Virginle, ^ dans la Marilande. II ny 

 a la Caroline. On dit quil a prisfont mm des armes 

 de My lord Baltimore, qui font au champ d^or &' d& 

 fable pale de fix^ a la bande contrepalee des mimes y 

 parceque ce Seigneur efl un des proprietaires de 



pays- la 



II fait fon nid fur les branches des pi 



grands arbres, &^ ordinairement fur celles du peupl 



de Varbre a tulipp 



II r attache d^une maniera 



&* ordinairement 



I 



d 



only by two twigs fixed to the verge of the neft, 

 and hanging moft commonly at the extremity of 



a bough. 



K 



ro e 



hranche 



fo 



^ 



uil 



efl fo 



deux petit 5 rejettons qui entrent dans 



U7ie 

 que 



lords 



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Arbor TuUpifera Virginiana^ tripartito acerh folio ^ media lacinia velut 



Pluk. Phytog. Tab. 117. & Tab. 248. 



The Tulip T r e e. 



Arbre aux Tulippes. 



T 



HIS Tree grows to a very large li2;e ; feme of them' 



/^ET Arbre devient Jort gra72d -^ ^ quelques tins out jufquci 

 ^-^ trente pies de cir conference. Ses hranches fojit jort i?2cgales, 

 ^ Jort irregiilieres : elles ne setendcnt fas en droite Jigne -y ?nais 

 or elbows J which peculiarly makes this Tree ciiftinguifhable, elles font jort courb'ees en plufieurs endroits: ce qui fait reccn?to?tre 

 at a great diftance, from all other Trees, even v/hqn it has . cet Arbre de fort loiny lor s mime qiiil a perdu toiites fes fciiilks. 

 lofl its leaves. The leaves ftand on foot-flalks, about a Elks ont des pedicules hngs comme le doigt^ & rejjembknt tin peu 



being thirty feet in circumference. Its boughs r.re very 



unequal and irregular, not ftrait, but making feveral bends 



finger in length 5 



Maple par leur figure d celles de I'erable ', mais elles ont cinq on fix ponces 



in ihape, but are ufually five or fix inches over, and, in- en travers -, ^ an lieu de fe terminer en pointe^ ilfemhle qU elles 

 flead of being pointed at the end, fcem to be cut off with foyent conpees avec une entaitleure. Sesfieurs ont toujours ete com-- 

 a notch. The flowers have been aUvays compared to Tulips ^ paries aux tulippes-, & cefl de cette rejfemblance que P Arbre a 

 whence the Tree has received its name : though, I think, in prisfon 7wm. Je crois cependaiit que leur figure approche plus dc 

 fliape they refemble more the Fritilkiria. They are ccm.pofed celle desfieurs de lafritillaire. Elles font compofJes defept on huit 



feuilles, dont la partie fupirieure efi d'un verd pdle^ & le rcfe 

 teint de rouge ^ avec unpen de jaune entremele, Au commencement 

 elles font renfermees par lot perianthium^ qui iouvre en arricrCy 

 lorfquelles scpanouiffent. On trouve ces Arbres dans prefque tout 

 le continent de /'Amerique Septentrionale, depuis le Cap de la 



of feven or eight petala ; the upper part being 



of a 



pale 

 green, and the lower part (leaded with red and a little yel- 

 low intermixed. They are at firfi inciofed by a pc:rianthium, 

 which opens and falls back when the ftower blows. Thefe 

 Trees are found in moft parts of the Northern Continent of 



America, from the Cape oi Florida Vo New England. The Floride^///^//^ ^^ Nouvelle Angleterre. Leur bois efl d'un grand 



timber is of great uf 



e. 



if age pour les bdtimens 



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