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6/> Hans Sloane's Hijl. Jam* 



Z'i'^ Booby. 



Le Foil. 



S fomewhat lefs than a Goofe. The 

 balls of the bill is yellow, and bare 

 of feathers ; . in whith the eyes are 

 placed of a light grey colour ; the 

 lower part of the billis of a light 



Thefe Birds vary fo, that 



brown. 



L 



un pzu plus petit qu 



La bdfe de fo7i bee eji jau?ie^ ^ fa? 

 phwieSj aux e?tdroits ou font places Z 

 yeuXf qui fo?tt d\in gris clair ': 



la 



P 



ie Jon bee efl d' un brun cL 



II y a tatit de variete dans les couleurs 



their colours 



they are not to be diftinguifhed 



only: in one of them the belly was white^ and par cela'feul : dans Tun lei)ent7e etoit blanc, & le dos 



de ces Oifeaux, qu oft tte peut £ueres les caraSierife 



the back brown : in another the breaft and belly brun : daiis un autre la poitriHe &' le 



/ 



was brown ; in others all brown ; nor could I 



) 



bruns 



^ d^autres etoie?tt mtiereffient bruns. Jt 



•^ 



perceive any outward difference in the Cock and pu non plus appercevoir aucune difft 



Hen. 



Their wings are very long j their legs and 



exterieure 

 le male ^ lafemelle. L&urs ailesfoni tres Ungues 



feet pale yellow, and fhaped like thofe of Cor- Leurs jambes &' leurs pies font d'un jaune pale 



morants. They frequent the Bahama Iflands, where faits coinnie ceux des 



lis freque7itent 



z 



'les 

 ils 



they breed all months in the year. ^ They lay de Bahama, ou ils pmdent tons les tnois de I 



one, two, and fometimes three eggs on the bare font quelque.fois un, &' quelquefois deux ou trois cekfs 



rocks. Dampier fays, . they breed on Trees in an quils laiffeMfur des roch 



Damp 



Ifland called Bon-airy^ in the WeJl-IndieSy which marque^ qiiils pondent fur des arbres dans une He des 



he obferves not to have feen elfewhere. 

 young 



While 

 they are covered with ^ White ddwri^ 



Indes Occident ales ^ nommee Bonaire, ce quil dit n 



point vu ailleurs. T^ant qu ils font jeuneSj ils fc 



and remain fo till they are alnioft ready to fly. converts d'un duvet blanc\ &^ rejlent aiitfi jufq 



4* 



They fubfift on Fifli only, which they catch 



quils foyent prefque en etat de voler. Ils nefe 



diving. This, and the great Booby are remark- rijfent que de poiffon^ quils attrapent en plongeant. 



able for having a joint in the upper "mandible of Get Oif'eauj &' le grand Fou font^ remarquables par 



the bill. ,. , . I', '• ''.,... V articulation^ quils out a la mandibulefuperieurt. 



It is diverting to fee the frequent dontefls between ' C'efl un plaifr de voir les frequent es difputes qui 



the Booby and the Man of War Bird, which lafl lives furvienjtent mire eet'OifeaUy &' celui qu on peut ap- 



on rapine and fpoil of other Sea Birds, ' particularly peller'le Pirate. Ce dernier ne vit que de la proye des 



the Booby; which fo foon as the Man of War Bird autres oifeaux de Mer^ &' fur tout de celle du Fou. 



perceives he hath taken a Fifh, flies furioufly at him, Des que le P 



and obliges the Booby for his fecurity |:p.dive under 



ipp 



qu 



il 



pris u?i poijfc 

 il vole^ avec fureur vers lui^ ^ V oblige a fe plon^ 



water. 



The Man of War Bird being incapable of fous Veau^ pourfe 7nettre enfi 



following him, hovers over the place till the Boob) 



le Pirate ne p 



rifes to breathe, and then attacks him again, and fo ?yparoiffe pour refp 



le fuivrC) plane fur V eau jiifques a ce que le F( 



repeats it at every opportunity, 'till the Booby at 

 length, tired andbreathlefs, is neceflitated to refign 



il Vattaq 



de 



nou~ 



veaUy ^ fait tou jours le tnenie fna?2ege^ jufques a ce que 

 le Fou^ las &' hors d'halei?iej foit oblige d'abando?t?2er 



his Fifh : yet, not being difcouraged, induftrioufly fon poiJfo?i: cipendant faits etre decourage, il 



goes to fifhing again, and fuffers repeated lofTes by a la peche^ &* fouffre fouvent de nouvelles pert es des 



frefTi affaults from his rapacious enemy 



Having had no opportunity of feeing the Man of 

 War Bird, any otherwife than in the air, I cannot autrement que dans I 



iffauts de fon infatiabl 

 Comme je nai pas eu f occafon de voir les P 



well defcribe it, nor fay any thing more of it, except 

 what has been related to me, which is this : While fq 



J' 



ne 



P 



les di 



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ecrif^e 



Siement 



que 



dire que ce quon m en a rapporte^ 

 ndis quils couve?n leurs petit Sy leur 



they are fitting and hatching their young, their heads tete de brune quelle etoit^ devient couleur de ft 



redi 



changes from a brown to a fcarlet colour, which be- 

 comes brown again when they have done breeding. Cela ma ete certijie par plujieurs perfc 



bruney lors quils ont cejfe de 



This was affirmed to me by many, who have often les ont 



fur le 



'd. 



feen them on their nefts ; for at that time they are doux^ ^ fou ff rent q 



very tame, and will fuffer one to come near to them, 

 though at other times very wild. Thefe Birds are 

 numerous on mofl of the Bahama Iflands. 



ipp 



alors ils font f 



qui 



'he d 



eux 



quot q 



Bahama 



I temps ils foyent tres far ouches. Ces Oiji 

 grand no?nbre dans la plufpart 



des 



ties de 



