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PLUV lALI S VOCIFERUS. 



The Chattering Plover, 



Pluvier Griar 



H I S is about the fize of the large 

 Snipe. 



W^Mf-^ 



The eyes are large 



itl 



vvicn 



The 



£ 1 Oifeam ejl a feu prh ch la grof- 

 feur des piui grojfes bkajfims. Ses 

 yeux font gntJidsy ^ entoures d\m 

 cercle rou^e. Une bande noire s etend 

 depiiis fan bet jufques fous Jes yeux. 

 Le deuajtt de fa tete eft blanc : h 



S. 



a go7ge 



a fcarlet circle. A black hft rims 



from the bill under the eyes. 



forehead is white ; above which it 



is black. The reft of the head is 

 brown. The throat, and round the neck, are 



white; under which there is a broad black hft a une large bande 7wir, qui entoure fin cm. 



encompafling the neck. Another lift of black ^^^^.^ i^nde de la mime couleur traverfe fa poitrine, 



crofles the breaft, from the fhoulder of one wing depuis le haut d'une atle jufqua celui de V autre. 



to that of the other. Except which^ the breaft Hors cela fa poitrine^ &* fon ventre font intiere- 



defftis eft noir \ &^ tout le refte eft brun. 



&^ le tour de fon cou font blancs ; ^ au deffous il y 



Une 



and belly are white. The back and wings are ment blancs. Son dos^ 

 brown ; the larger quill feathers being of a darker Les grandes plumes de 



atles font hruns^ 



atle 



font d' 



une couleur 



brown. The fmall rump feathers, which cover 



plus foncee. Les petites plumes du croupton^ qui 

 couvrent les trots quarts de fa quelle^ font d^un rouge 



three quarters of the tail, are of a yellowini red. f^'J"-' les trots quarts de Ja queue, Jont dun rouge 



The lower part of the tail is black. The legs CT"' ^' 7^' J ^^ ''7"' f T ;, /, '' 

 , r r n i ir , i it W ks pies ont de couleur de paille. II n a 



pies font de couleur de paille. 

 point d'^orteil par derriere. Ces Oifeaux font fori 



The lower part of the tail is black. The legs 



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and feet of a ftraw colour. It hath no back toes. 



Thefe Birds are very frequent both in Firginid 'communs h la Virginie & ^ la Caroline,' ^. 'font 

 and Carolina 5 and are a great hindefaiice to ^^and tort aux chapurs ; car ils donnent rallarma 

 Fowlers, by alarming the game with their fcream- uu gibier par leur cri perqant. On les appelle Kill- 

 ing noife. In Virginia they are called Kdl-deersy deers a la Virginie, a caufe que leur cri a quelque 

 from fome refemblance of their noife to the found resemblance avec le fon de ce mot, Ils rejient toute 



of that word. They abide in Carolina and Vir- 



r annee a la Caroline, 



<i la Virginie. // ny a 



ginia all the year. 



The feathers of the Cock and P^^ S^^^^^ difference entre les plumes du male &' 



Hen differ not much^ 



celles de la femelle 



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FrUtex foliis oMongts acuminath^ florthus fpicath univerfo difpofitls. 



The Sorrel-Tree. 



THE trunk of this Tree is ufually five or fix inches 

 thick, and rifes to the height of about twenty feet, 

 with flender branches thick fet with leaves, fhaped like thofe 



L'Ozeille. 



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: de cet Arbre ejl ordihdirimcnt de cinq oujix pouces de 

 tre^ & s'ekve a la hauteur d' environ vingt pies, avec 

 Jort minces y garni ei de beaucoup de feuilles^ qui ref- 



of the Pear-Tree. From the ends of the branches proceed jemhknt d celles du poirier. Des extremites de ces branches naijje 



little white monopetalous flowers, like thofe of the Strawberry- 



Tree, which are thick fet on (hort footftalks to one fide of 



many flender ilalks, which are pendant on one fide of the mstin 

 branch. 



petites jlelirs blanches monopetales^ femblables 



ujii 



font attachics fort proche les unes des autres^ p. 



pedicules trh court s^ fur un des cotes de plufii 

 ceSy qui pendent d'un des cotes de la principale I 



