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Ballard Baltimore 



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E I G H S thirteen 



bill 



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penny - 

 fharp- 



weight. The 



pointed ; the throat black 



the tail brown, as are its 



wings 



havin 



moft of the 



y^jZ. pefe environ cinq 



Son 



drachmeS, 



fort pointUy fa 

 gorge noire^ fa quelle hricne^ 



fes ailes aujjiy dont la 



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plufpart des plumes^ ont. ks 

 feathers verged with white. All the reft extremites Blanches. "Tout le refte de Poifeau 

 of the Bird is yellow, the breaft being efl jaune ; mais le jaune de la poitrine eji 



brighteft. 



le plus vif 



The Hen being as handfomly cloathed U extreme beaute de la femelle^ quoique 

 ( tho' with very different colour 'd feathers) fort differ ente du male en couleurs^ m^a 



en^a^e a les decrire tous 



Cltyf/t]/V » 



Sa 



tete 



induced me to give the figures of both. 



Her head and upper part of the back are ^ la partie fuperieure de fon dos font d'^un 



of a (hinin 



black 



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the breaft and belly noir luifant\ 



poitrine ^ fon ventre 



of a dirty red j as is the lower part of d'^un rouge fale^ de meme que le refle du 



the back and rump. The upper part of dos : Le haut de fes ailes eft rouge ^ ^ k 



is red ; the lower part dufky has d'^un noir brun, Sa quelle eft noire. 



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the 



wins: 



black ; the tail black. The legs and feet 



blue in both fexes. 



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Le male ^ la femelle ont les jambes 5^ les 

 pieds bleus. 



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Bignonia Urucu foliis flore fordid^ alboy intus maculis purpureis ^ luteis afperfo^ 



ftliqua longiffima 



anguftijjima. 



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Bignonia aux feuilles de Rocou 



^ I ^HIS is ufually a fmall Tree, feldom rifing above 23 feet /^ET arbre efl ordlnaircment petit ^ & ne seleve guere a plus de 



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in height. The bark fmooth: the wood foft and fpon- 



gy; the leaves fhaped like thofe of the Lilax, but much larger, 

 fome being ten inches over. In May it produces fpreading 

 bunches of tubulous flowers, like the common Fox glove, white, 



'vingt pieds de hauteur. Son ecorce eft unie : fon bois ejl 

 mous & fpongieux. Sesfeiiilles 072t la figure de celle du Lilac, maii 

 beaucoup plus grandes, quelques unes ayant jufqu'd dtx pcuces de 

 longueur. Au mois de May // produit des bouquets de fleurs ttihu^ 

 leujes comme celle s de la Ganielee ordinaire. Ces fetirs font blanches^ 



only variegated with a few reddifh purple fpots and yellow ftreaks /,«/,^,,^^ ^,^^^,v. en dedans de quelques tuches pourp-fes & de quel- 



on the infide. The cadix is of a copper colour. Thefe flowers 



ques raves jauncs. Leur calice eft couleur de cuivre. Lorfquelles 



are fuccceded by round pods, about the thicknefs of ones font pajees, il leurfuccede des coffcs rondes, groffes comme le doigt, 



finger, fourteen Inches in length; which, when ripe, opens ^ longues de quat or ze ponces^ qui souvrent lorfquelles Jont meures^ 



and difplays its feeds, which are winged, and lie over each other ^ font voir les femences. Elks font couchees Vune fur l\iu're comme 



like the fcales of Fifh. This Tree was unknown to the inha- ¥ ^^^^^^^^ ^'^^'^ P^'^P^^ ^^^ ^^^ connotfoit point ces arbres dans 



bited parts ofCarolinay till I brought the feeds from the remoter 

 parts of the country. And tho' the inhabitants are little curious 



la partie habit ee de la Caroline, jufqud ce que fen eufje apporte 

 lafemence des endroiis 'plus enfonces dans les tcrres ; ^ quoique les 

 habitans foient jort peu curieux du jar dinage^' ce pendant la beaute 



in gardening, yet the uncommon beauty of the Tree has induc'd friguliere de cet arbre les a engages d enfaner-, & il fait au- 



them to propagate it; and 'tis become an ornament to many of jourdhuy Vornement de plufieurs de Icurs jardins, il probablement 



their gardens, and probably will be the fame to ours in England^ il arrivera la meme chofe en Angleterre, puifque cet arbre nefi 



it being as hardy as moft of our American plants; many of them p(ts plus dehcat que la plus-part de nos plantes de /'Amerique. 



now at Mr. Chrifopher Grays, at Fidham, having flood out fe- U y en a au] our dlou^ plufieurs a Fulham, chez Mr. Chriflophle 



vera! Winters, and produced plentifully their beautiful flowers, 

 without any protedion, except the firft year 



Grays, qui ont reffe d phfieurs hyvers, & produit en abondance 

 de belles fleurs y fans exiger augun Join particuUer^ cxgepti la pre- 



mtcre annee. 



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