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MUSCICAPA CORONA 



UBRA. 



The Tyrant. 



Le Tiran. 



^ 



HE bill is broad, flat and tapering, 

 the crown of the head has a bright 

 red fpot, environ'd with black lea- 



ther 



s 



which, 



by contradting, con- 



ceals the red \ but, when they are 

 Ipread, it appears with much luftre, 



\m>ON bee ejl large, plat. 



va en 



mimca?U. II a fur la tete U7ie tache 

 rouge fort brillante^ entouree de 



plu?nes 



noires 



qui en fe ferra?it 



manner of the Regulus crijlatus. 



cachent cette tache^ qui repardit avec 

 eclat ^ lors que ces plu?nes s etendenty 



The 



comme au roitelet huppe. Son dos^ fe 



es ailes 



&fa 



back, wings and tail are brown j the neck, breaft queiie font hruns : fon coUy fa poitriney &^ fon ventre 



ja?nbeSy &^ fes pies 72oirs. On ne voit 



and belly white ; the legs and feet black. There blancs : 



appears little or no difference between the Cock and que peii^ ou point de difference entre le male &^ la 



Hen. They appear in F^irginia and Carolina about femelle. II paroit a la Virginie &^ a la Caroline vers^ 



Aprils where they breed, and retire at the approach le mois d^Avril: il y fait fes petit Sy ^ fe retire au 



L 



courage 



de ce petit 

 He purfues and puts to flight all kinds of Oifeau ejl remarquahle. II pourfuity W met e7i fuite 



of Winter. The courage of this little Bird is fin- co77t?7tencement de Vhyver. 

 gular. 



Birds that come near his ftation, from the fmalleft tous les ofeauXy petits ou grandsy qui s approchent de 



to the largefl:, none efcaping his fury; nor did I V e7idroit qii il s efl choif : aucun ?i echappe a fa furie:^ 



ever fee any that dar'd to oppofe him while flying ; ^ je 71! ai pas 7neme vuy que les autres oifeaux ofaffe7tt 



for he does not offer to attack them when fitting, lui refjlery lors quil vole ; car il 7te les attaque poiTtt 



I have {^^w one of them fix on the back of an Eagle, autrement. J' en vis uny qui s'attacha fur le dos 



and perfecute him fo, that he has turned on his back d\me aigky &^ la perfecutoit de 77ianierey que V aigle fe 



into various poftures in the air, in order to get rid renverfoit fur le dos, tachoit de s en delivrer par les 



afferent es pojlures ou elk fe jnettoit en V air, M enfin 



top 



of him, and at lafl was forced to alight on th 



of the next tree, from whence he dared not move, fut oblige de s" arret er fur le haiit d'un arbre voifin. 



leave him. 



This 



IS 



the 



till the little Tyrant was tired, or thought fit to 



conftant pradice of the 

 Cock while the Hen is brooding : he fits on the 



fmall tree, not far from her 



jufqua 



top of 

 neft : 



a 



bufli, 



or 



ce que ce petit T'ira?! fut las, ou jugedt a 

 propos de la laifjer. Void la manceuvrc ordinaire 

 du male, tandis que lafetnelle couve : il fe perche 

 fur la cime d'u7i buiffon ou arbj'iffeau, pres de fon 



; near which if any fmall Birds approach, he 7iid; &* f quelque petit oifeaux en approche, il lui 

 drives them away ; but the great ones, as Crows, donne la chaffe ; mais pour les grands, comme les 

 Hawks and Eag;les, he won't fuffer to come within 



corbeaux, les faucons ^ les aigles, il ne leur permet 



a quarter of a mile of him without attacking them, pas de s"" approcher de lui d'un quart de milk, fajis 



They have only a chattering note, which they utter ks attaquer. Son chant n efl quun efpece de 

 w 



crt. 



ith 



great vehemence 



all the time they are fight quil poujfe avec beaucoup de force, pe77dant tout h 



in 



When their young are flown, they are as temps quil fe bat. Lors que fes petits ont pris 



peaceable as other Birds. It has a tender bill, and kur volse, il redevieftt 



They are tame and harm- 



ociabk que les autres 



01 eaux. 



Comme il a le bee tendre, il 7te fe nourrit 



feeds on Infects on 



lefs Birds. They build their nefts in an open que d'infeBes. II efl doux, 



manner on low Trees and Shrubs, and ufually on fon nid tout a decouvert fur des"arbriffeaux, ^ da7is 



^ans 7nalice. II fait 



the Safiafras Tree. 



des buiffo77s, ^ ordi7taire7nent fur le fafafras. 



Corn US mas odor at a ^ folio trifido mar gin e piano ^ Saffafras dicla 



Pluk. Almag 



T 



HIS is generally a fmall Tree; the trunk ufually not a foot 

 thick. The leaves are divided into three lobes by very deep 

 incifures. In March comes forth bunches of fmall yellow flowers 

 with five petals each ; which are fucceeded by berries, in fize and 

 fliape not unlike thofe of the Bay-Tree, hanging on red foot- 

 ftalks, with a calix like that of an acorn \ which calix is alfo red. 

 The berries are at firft green, and, when ripe, blue. Thefe Trees 

 grow in moft parts of the Northern Continent o^ America^ and ge- 

 nerally on very good land. The virtue of this Tree is well known, 

 as a great fweetner of the blood : I fliall therefore only add, that in 

 Virginiay a ftrong decoftion of the root has been fomecimes given 

 with good fuccefs for an intermitting fever. This Tree will bear our 





S T Arbre eft 



de diametre. 

 es fort prop 



feuilles font divife 



Son tronc n*a gueres ^lus dhin pie 



'4Je au mois de Mars 



Climate, as appears by feveral now at Mr. Collinfon's at Peckham, and Arhe s'accommode de notre climat^ 



fleurs jaunes^ compofees de cinq feuilles, Elles font fuivies de hayes^ qui 

 reffemblent forty par leur gr off eur 13 leur figure ^ a celles du laurier. Ces 

 bayes font attachees a des pedicules rouges : elles ont un calice comme celui 

 du gland \ iff ce calice eft auffi rouge, Uabord elles font vertes-, £5? enfuite 

 blues y lors qu elles font mures, Cet Arbre croit dans pref que tout le continent 

 Septentrional de /'Amerique, 13 d^ ordinaire dans le mdlleur terroir. 

 On connoit aftez combien cet Arbre eft propre a adoucir le fang : je 

 remarquerai feukment que quelquefois dans laY ivgmxt on a employe avec 

 fucces dans les fievres tntermitentes une forte dccoSlion de f 



Cet 



fo 



at Mr.Bacon''s in Hox^on-, where they have wichftood the cold of a Peckham chez Mr. CoVmlon, (3d Hoxton chez Mr, Bacon, ou ils 



feveral Winters, 



foutenu plufii 



