p. 75 



GRUS AMERICANA ALBA. 



The hooping Crane. 



Glue blanche de rAnierique. 



S about the fixe of the common 

 Crane. The bill is brown, and fix 



h 



incnes 



1 



on 



th 



e 



edges 



of both 



mandibles^ towards the end, afeout 

 an inch and half, are terrated. 

 deep and broad channel runs 



A 



om 



LLE ejl a pen prh de la groffeur di 



la 



grue 



W lo?ig de fix p 



Son bee ejl b 



de 



5 



r. 



vers 



the head more than half way along its upper man- 

 dible. Its noftrils are very large. A broad white 

 lift runs from the eyes obliquely to the neck ; ex- 

 cept which, the head is brown. The crown of the 

 head is callous^ and very hard, thinly befet with ftiff 



profoJtd 

 de fa h 

 larg 



s 



9 / 



p 



deux 



le ho 

 ? ^ di 



'dtbules 



Les bords 



It denteles 



de la longueur d 

 Un canal larg 



d dep'Uts fa tete plus loin que le milk. 



ndibule fup 



Ses 



font ft 



es. 



Une large raye blanche defend oblique?nent^ 



depuis fes yeux jufqud fo?z cou : hofs tela 



fi 



ef brum. La couronne defateti^ tiui ejl cqlleuji 



fort di 



eft clairfemee de poils roides &^ 



black hairsj which lie flat, and are fo thin that the qui font couches^ &* ft JinSy que la peau pafott 



nue 



la 



d\me couleur de chair rougedtre^ D 



ily 



petite touffe de ph 



fkin appears bare, of a reddifh flefli colour^ Behind 

 the head is a peek of black feathers* The larger 



■ 



wing feathers are black. All the reft of the body is 

 white. This defcription I took from the entire fkin 

 of the Bird, prefented to me by an Indian^ who made 

 ufe of it for his tobacco pouch. He told me, that 

 early in the Spring, ' great multitudes of them fre- 

 quent the lower parts of the Rivers lieat the Sea, de la Mer, au commencement du Prlntemp 



: Les 

 'Tout h 



grandes plumes de fes atles font aujji 



refle defon corps eft blanc. y at fait cette defcription 



fur une peau entiere d'un de ces Oifeauxy dont un 



Indien nie fit prefe 



II 



fervoit comme dunf 



a mettre fon tabac. II nie dit^ quun grand nomhre 

 de ces Oifeau^ frequentoient le bas des rivieres procha 



re~ 



and return to the Mountains in the Slimmer. 



Thi 



s 



relation was afterwards confirmed to me by a white 

 Man; who added, that they make a remarkable 

 hooping noife ; and that he hath feen them at the 

 piouths of the Savanna^ Aratamaha^ and other Ri- 

 vers nearer St. Augufline-, but never faw any fo far 

 North as the Settlements of Carolina. 



m a 



dans Us montagnes en Ete, Cette relatio? 

 depuis confirmee par un BlanCy qui ajouta 



qu 



il les 



juils font un grand bruit par leur 

 vus aux embouchures de la Savanne, de /'Aratamaha, 

 d^autres rivieres proche St. Auguftin ; mais quil 

 lien a jamais vu ducun^ auffl avant vers U Nord que 

 les habitations de la Caroline. 



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Prunus Euxi folio cordato^ fru&u nigro rotundt 



9 



The BuLLET-BusH. 



THE largeft part of the ftem of this Shrub is feldotri 

 bigger than the fmall of a man's leg. The height is 

 ufually five feet. The branches fhoot forth near the ground and 

 fpread. The leaves are ftifF like thofe of box, and about the 

 fame bignefs, vfiih notches at the ends. The berries hang to 

 the fmaller branches by footftalks not half an inch long, and 

 are globular, fomevvhat larger than a Black Cherry, of a blueifti 

 black ; and contain each a finj^Ie ftone. 



ArbrilTeau dorit les fruits fcflemblent 



a 



des 



: t 



balles de 



oufq 



ENDROIT le plus gros de la tige cie cet Arhrlffe 



ordinairement 



offe 



P 



<p 



feuillesfo 



ijjent proche 



du biits^ & environ de la meme grandeur^ avec des entaillures a 



Les bayes pendent aux plus petites branches par 



leurs extrcfnites. 



fi 



pas u?2 demi-poiic 

 rofjes quune cerife 



font 



feul 



