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MUSCICAPA CRIST AT A VENTRE LUTEO, 



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The crejied Fly 'Catcher. 



Le preneur de Mouches huppe. 



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E I G H S one ounce. The bill 



is black and broad 



5 



the 



up 



per part of the body of a 

 muddy green 3 the neck and 



breaft of a lead colour 



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the 



belly yellow; the wings brown, havin 



moft of the vanes of the quill feathers 



vith red. The two middle feathers 



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ed 



of the tail are all brown ; the interior vanes 



n ■ 



of the reft are red. 

 black. 



L pefe 



une once. 



Son hec 



noir ^ large, Le dejfus de 



fon corps eft d^un vert [om- 

 bre \ fon col ^ fa poitrine 



couleur de plomh ; fon ventre 

 jaune ; fes diles font brums ^ ^ ont la plus- 

 part des grandes plumes bordees de rouge, 

 Les deux plumes du milieu de la queiie font 



les f ranges inter ieures des 



Ses 



y 



toutes brunes 



autre s plumes de fa quelle font rouges. 



The legs and feet ^-^^^^, ^ j^^^ pie ds font noirs. II fait fes 



It breeds in Carolina and Virginia^ 



but retires in Winter. 



This Bird 



, by its ungrateful brawling 



noife, feems at variance, and difpleafed with 

 all others. 



petits a la Caroline ^ a la Virginie j mais 



ilfe retire en hyver, 



II femble par les cris defagreables de cet 



Oifeau qu*il eft toujour s en querelle ^ ne fe 

 plait avec aucun autre. 



Smilax Bryoniie nigra foliis caule fpinofo 



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baccis 



nigrts 



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HIS Plant fhoots forth with many pliant thorny ftems; 

 which, when at full bignefs, are as big as a walking 



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pouffe plufii 



ipineufes ph 



& 



cane, and jointed ; and rifes to the height ufually of twenty font de la grojji 



ifes. ^and elks ont pris leiir entier accroijfe 



feet, climbing upon and fpreading over the adjacent Trees and 

 fhrubs, by the affiftance of its tendrels. In Autumn it pro- 

 duces cluflers of black round berries, hanging pendent to a 

 foot-ftalk, above three inches long, each berry containing a 

 very hard roundifli feed. The roots of this Plant are tuberous ronde trh dure. 

 divided into many knots and joints 3 and, when firfl dug out "vifies en plufieu 



ph en montanty & iattachant avec fes mains ft 



buijfons qui font proches. 



grapp 



fo 



produi 



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femence 



plant e font tubereufe 



of the ground, are foft and juicy, but harden In the air to 

 the confidence of wood. Of thefe roots the inhabitants of 

 Carolina make a diet-drink, attributing great virtues to it in 



, di^ 

 ^a?2d on la tire de terre^ elles font 



que du hois. 



pleines defuc ; mais elles devie?t72ent a Pair aujji 



habitants de la Caroline / 



cleanfing the blood, &c. They likewife in the bpring boil the le fang 



boijfon a laquelle ils attribuent de graizdes vertus, comme de purifit 



tender fhoots, and eat them prepared like Afparagus. 'Tis call'd 



Au printems ils font aujji 



there China root. 



plante^ & les maiigent co?nme des afperges 



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