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The White Curlew. 



Corlieu blanc. 



HIS is about the fize of a 



The bill is fix 



tame pigeon. 



inches and an half Ion 



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a pale red colour, chanelled 

 from the bafis to the point. 



The Iris pf the eyes are 



ray 



The fore 



h eft a peu pres de la groffeur 

 (Tun pigeon domeftique. Son bee 



long de ftx pouces ^ demi, 

 d'^un rouge pdle^ ^ cannele 



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part of tfie head, and round the eyes 

 covered with a light red fkin. Four of 

 the largeft win 



depuhfa b dfe j ufqu" a fa point e, 

 Uiris de fes yeux eft grife, Le devant de 

 fa tetey 



le tour de fes yeux font couverts 

 d^une peau d^un rouge leger. ^iuatre des 



feathers' have their "ends P'"' ^''!'f" f^"'"". ■'^f /'' "'t ""'. ^'Z' 



dark 

 white 



green. 



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All the reft of the Bird is 



which 



except the legs and feet, 



are pale red. The flefh, particularly the 

 fat, is very yellow, of a fafFron colour. 

 When the great rains fall, which is ufual 

 at the latter end of Summer, thefe Birds 



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arrive in Carolina in 



great numbers, 



and 



extremites d^un verd obfcur. Tout le refte 

 de rOifeau eft blanc ^ excepte fes jambes ^ 

 fes pieSy qui font d^un rouge pdle, Sa chair ^ 

 ^ fur tout fa graiffcy eft fort jaune^ ^ de 

 couleur de faffran, Lors que les grandes 



pluyes tombenty ce qui arrive ordinairement 

 la fin de PEtCy ces Oifeaux arrivent en 



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frequent the low watery lands. 



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The Cock and Hen are alike in 



grand nombre a la Caroline, ^ frequentent 



les terres bafjeSy ^ marecageufes. 



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pearance 



Le male ^ la femelle ne different point 

 alavue. 



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Arum aquaticum 



minus; 5*. Ar if arum 



fluitans pene nudo Virgtnianumy 



D. Banifter Pluk. Mantifs. a8. 



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7"^HIS Plant grows by the fides of Rivers, and in watery ^ETT^E PJante croitfur les bords des rivieres^ &" dans des h'eux 



places 3, the root is tuberous, from which fprings many ^ bumides. Sa racine eji tub&eufe i & il en fort plufieurs feuilles 



broad oval leaves, eight or ten inches wide, on thick fucculent ovales, larges de huit ou dix pouces^ & attachees a des tiges de 



round flalks, to the height of about four feet. From the quatre pies de hauty epatjfes^ & fucculent es. Cetteracine poujje 



root alfo Ihoot forth many of the like ftalks, producing blue aujjiplufieursautres tiges toutesfemhlables^ qui produifent des fieurs 



flowers at the end of every ftalkj but as I had not an op- bleuel dleurs extremites \ mdis comme je tiai pas eu Voccafion de 



portunity of obferving them more critically while in bloflbm, les obferver plus exaElement^ lors qtielles etoient en fleur^ je me 



I {hall only take notice that the flowers are fucceeded by a contenterai de remarquer qtiil fuccede a ces jleurs des bayes vertes^ 



bunch of green berries clofely conned:ed together, regularly, qui font fort ferries y ^ difpofees precifiment comme des pommes de 



in the manner of a Pine-Apple. Thefe berries never harden, pin. Ces bayes ne durciffent jamais ^ mais tombent lors qtielles font 



but drop off when ripe, being of the colour, fhape and con- mures : elks font alors de la couleur, de la figure, ^ de la con^ 



liftence of Capers. 



fifience des cdpres. 





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