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MORINELLUS. MARIhlUS of Sir Thomas Brown 



An CINCLUS Turneri? 



Will. 



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The Turn-Stone, or Sea-Dot tre 



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Allouette 



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Mer. 



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HIS Bird has, in proportion to its 



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body, a fmall head 

 taper black bill, an : 

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All 



upper part of the" body is 

 brown, with a mixture of white 



and blacl 



c. 



the wings are dark bro 

 black ; the legs 



to A7ne7 

 and 40 leag 



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The quill feathers of 

 the neck and breaft are 



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LLE a une petite tete^ a proportion 

 de fon corps. So?t bee ejl droits noir^ 

 coniqiie^ ^ d''un pouce de long. ' Tout 



le dejfus de fon corps eji brun^ avec 

 un melange de blanc ^ de noir. Les 

 grandes plufnes des atles fo?it d\m 

 brun obfctir. Son cou ^ fa poitriiie font noirs : fes 



and 



in the y 



feet light red 



In 



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31 deg N. L 



jambes &^ fes pies d^un rouge clair. Dans un voyage 

 y^S^ que je fis en Amerique en Tannee 1722, cet Oifeatt 



dont f at donne la figure^ vola dans notre vaiffeau^ 



from the coaft of Florida^ the fous la latitude de ^"^ degreSy a 40 lieues de la cote 



Bird, from which this was figur'd, flew on board c/e la Floride, & y fut pris. II etoit fort adroit a 



us 



and 



was 



taken 



It was very ad 



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ftones, which we put into its cage ; 

 ding under them the ufual food, it died 



in turning tourner les pier res ^ que nous avians jnifes dans fa cage; 

 • but not ^^^'-^ faute d'y trouver fa nourriture ordinaire^ il 



this a( 

 would 



•In 



yet 



: moved only the upper mandible ; 

 great dexterity and quicknefs turn over 



mourut. Dans cette aSiion^ il fe fervoit feulement de 

 la partie fuperieure de fon bec^ tournant avec heaucoup 

 4'adreffe, ^ fort vite des pier res de trois livres de 



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pro 



ftones of above three pounds weig 

 perty Nature feems to have given it for the finding 

 of its food, which is probably Worms and Infeds 

 on the Sea-ftiore. 



ne 



pefanteur, ' II femble que la Nature lui ait don 

 cette propriete pour 'trouver ainfi fa nourriture., qui 

 conffie probablement en vers &* autres infeSles^ qui fz 

 trouvent fur les bords de la Mer, En comparant cet 



)re. By comparing this with the Oifedu avec la defer iption que Mr. Willoughby donne 

 defcription of that in Will. Ornitholog. which I had de V Allouette de Mer dans fon Ornithologie, que 

 then on board, I found this to be the fame kind favois alors a bord, je trouvai que c etoit la mime 



that he defcribes 



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efpece. 



Arbor maritimay foliis conjugatis pyriformibm apice in fummitate inflruEtis^ floribus 



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racemofis luteis. 



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HIS Plant grows ufually to the height of four or five 

 feet, with many ftrait ligneous ftems ; to which are fet, 

 oppofite to each other, at the diftance of five or fix inches, 

 fmaller fingle ftems. The leaves grow oppofite to one another 



/^ETTE Plant e s'eleve ordinairement jufq 

 quatre ou cinq pih. Elk 



pouffe plufieurs tiges droites G? 



ufes^ d'oitfortent d' autres tiges pluspetiteSy ^ folitaires^ pi 

 nes vis-a-vis des autres y a des dijiances dejix pouces. 



Les 



on footftalks half an inch long, being narrow next the ftalk, feuilksfont rangies deux a deux, Gf attachees a des p 



and broad at the end, where they are little pointed ; in fhape 

 like a Pear. The flowers grow in tufts, at the ends of the 

 branches, on fhort footftalks j each flower being form'd like a 

 cup with yellow apices. 



pouce de long : elks font fort etroites proche des pedicuks 



ejfembknt ajfez a une p\ 



Les 



feurs croifent en bouquet s^ vers les extremites des branches y ' ft 



pedicuks 

 avec des etamines jaunes. 



fleur a part eft en fo 



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