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MELLIVORA ^VIS CAROLINENSIS 



The Humming' 



+ 



Bird. 



Le Colibri. 



A* 



* \ 



n 



f :■■■>. 



■m ^ 



^T"^. 



«k: 



>^^j^, HERE 



in Carol 



but one kind of this Bird 



whicl 



.1 in the Summer 

 :hern Continent 



frequents the Northern 



as far as New England. The Body 



is about the fize of a Humble Bee. 



quarters of an 

 the 1 



The bill is ft 

 inch loner. 



black 



d three 



fiy a la Caroline qu um efpece dt 

 cet Oifeau^ qui s'avance vers le Nord^ 

 pendant V Ete^ aujfi loin que la Nou- 



vc 



lie An 



ps ejl 



The 



pper part 



eyes are black ; de p 



of the body and head of a fhinin 



de la grojjeur du bourdon. Son hec 



eft droit ^ ?wir^ & long de trois quarts 



yeux font noirs : fa tete^ &" le dejfus de 



g 



the whole throat adorned with f( 



fcj 



fon corps d\m verd fort vif. 'Tout e fa goro-e eft 



[lers 



mf( 



placed like the fcales of fidi, of a cr 

 efplendency ; the belly dufky white ; the 



on metallic 



de plumes pi 



les ecailes dunpoiffc 



of 



a im 



fi 



g 



fhape 



not 



ke the blade of a 



aujft brillantes quun ematl crajnoift. Son vejttre eft 

 gs d' un bla?ic fale. Ses atles font d\me forme partictdiere. 



\ 



TurUfh Cymiter ; the tail is 

 the uppermoft feather^ which 



fl 



very 



fh 



copper 



g 



The 1 



pt 

 'g 



M ajfez femblables a la lame d'u?i ctmetere "Tt 



'pie la pi 



queue 



de couleur de 



Sa 

 du 



and black. It receives its food from 



milieu^ qui ejl 



owers, after the manner of 



g 



a 



b 



g 



be 



not res. II tire fa iwurriture des fi^ 

 des abeilles : ca? 



Ses jambes fo?2t fort courtes^ &^ 



a 



la 



77tantere 



th 



of 



air. 



e, thro' which it fucks the honey f 



em 



fa langue eft un tube, par lequel il 

 fuce le fniel. II fe bala?ice de telle maniere par le 



wing 

 They 



It fo poifes itfelf by the quick hovering mouvement rapide de fes aiies, qu il femble fe ft 



that it feems with 



motion in 



the 



from flower to flower 



they wholly fubflft 



I 



obferved 



on whic] 

 nor heard 



mouvement. II vole de fteur en fit 

 eft que des fteur s qiiil tire f 



\ 



th 



they feed on any Infed", or other 



1 



g 



than 



J 



bfi 



ce 



e ?t at 



ni 77teme oui dire^ quil fe nourrit 



Flowers. They breed in Carolina^ and retire at 

 the approach of Winter. 



d'aticun infeSie^ ni d^ autre chofe que de H^ 

 Oijeaux font leurs petit s a la Caroline^ ^ fe 



Ces 



What L 



and Thevet fay of their fing 



is 



Ce que L 



de r Hiver 

 Thevet attribuent a leur chant eft 



jufl as true as what Is faid of the harmony of aufft vrai que ce qiton dit du chant hartnonieux des 

 Swans J for they have no other note than Screep, 



Screep 



Margravius truly obferve 



cignes 



ils nont d 



dans lei 



que 



Hernandes befpeaks the credit of his Read 



faying 



manner of their lying 

 Winter, in Hifpaniola^ 

 bet 



tis no idle tale, when he afiirms the 



pid 



and 



or fleeping 



many 



th 



all 



aces 



the Tropicks. I have feen thefe Birds autres eiid. 



Scrip, Scrip, ro;;^;;?^ Margravius V a fort bien remarq 



Hernandes tdche de sattirer la confiante defes lec~ 

 teurs, en leur difant, que ce n eft pas un conte, lors quil 

 les ajfure qiiils demeurent engourdis, ou dormans, pen- 



r Hiver y a St. Dominguc, ^ da72s pluft, 



entre les 7) 



all the year round 

 ceflion of flowers 



there 



being 



for them to fubfift 



perpet 



fuc 



piques 



at vu ces 



Oifeaux pendaitt toute Fannee, parce quils y 



fuccejfi^ 



elk de fti 



defquelhs ils fe 



Bignoma^ Fraxini foliis^ coccineo flore minor e 



\ 



The Trumpet-Flower 



THESE Plants climb upon Trees-, on which they run a 

 great height; and are frequently feen to cover the dead trunks 

 of tall trees. The leaves are winged, confifling of many ferraced 

 lobes, {landing by couples, oppofite to each other on one rib. In 

 A%, June^ July and Augujl^ it produces bunches of red flowers, 

 fomewhat like the common Foxglove. Each flower flioots from a 

 long reddifh-colour'd calix; is monopetalous, fwelling in the micldie, 

 and opens a-top into five lips, with one pointal arifing froni the calix, 



through the middle of the flower. 



D 



Aiiguft 



appear. They are, when full grown, eight inches long, narrow at 

 both ends, and divide in two equal parts, from top to bottom, dif- 

 playing many flat winged feeds. 



The Humming Birds delight to feed on thefe flowers ; a-d, by 

 thrufting themfelves too far into the flower, are fometlmes caught. 



Bignonia, &c. 





r montent fur les arbres, fur lefqtieh elks s'elevent jufqu^h 

 une grande hauteur. On les voit fouvent couvrir les troncs snorts des 



grands arbres. 



feuilles font allies^ & formas de plufu 



teles^ attaches par paires^ les tins vis a vis des autres^ fur une 



mcme 



cote. 



jr.- 



^iftce dans fc 



Mai, de Jiiin, de J 

 s de fleurs rouges, ajfez femblables a celles de 

 feur, qui fort d^un long calico rougedtre, eft 



# 



fe divife 



paroUre, 



qfes, cu les vaijfeaux qui renfennent la femenc 

 htand ils font parvenus a hur maturite, ils fc 



ils fe divifent en deu 



Au mots 



iffent voir un grand nombre de fc 



f^ 



fe nourrlr de ces fteur s j ^ fotive^nt, en s'y enfc 



