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^NAS BAHAMENSIS refire plumheo, macula Aurantii 



coloris. 



The Ilathera Duck 



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anara oe isanama." 



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H I S is fbmewhat lefs than 



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common tame Duck. 



The 



bill is duiky blue, except on 



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each fide of the upper man- 



dible 



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next the head is an 



orange-colour'd triangular fpot. The throat 



and all the fore-part of the necic to the 



, are white. The upper part of the 



to yel- 

 The 



eyes 



head is of a mixed gray, inclinih 

 low 



as is the back and the belly. 



upper part of the wing and quill-feathers 



are dark brown. In the middle of the 



wmg 



IS 



common 



row of green feathers, as in th 

 eal, bordered towards the quill 



ends with yellow, and their ends black 

 Below which, and next to the quill-feathers 



is 



of 



row of yellow feathers. The feet are 



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lead colour. 



Thefe Birds frequent the Bahama I (lands, 

 but are not numerous j I never having feen 

 but one which was a 'Drake. 



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Son hec eft 



peu plus petit que k 



neflique ordinaire. 



bleu 



de la 



hors que de chaque cote 

 mandibule fuperieure^proche de 

 la tete^ il y a une tache triangulaire^ couleur 



d'^orang 



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Sa gorge 



todt 



j^on cou jufqu'^a fes yeux^ font b lanes 



devant de 



Le 



deJTt 



de fa tete 



de 



que fon dos 



^ fon ventre^ d'^un gris mele^ qui 



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jaune 



Le deffus de Paile^ ^ les grandes 



plumes font 



brun 



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a au 



milieu de Paile un rang de plumes verteSy 

 com me a la farce lie commune : el les font 

 b or dees de jaune vers les grandes plumes y 



leurs extremites 



Au deffc 



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rang 



tout contre les grandes plumes eft un 



de plumes jaunes, Ses pies font de couleur 

 de plomb. 



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Ces Oifeaux frequentent les ties de Ba- 

 hama, mais en petit nombre ; car je n*en at 

 jamais vu qu^un^ c'^etoit un male. 



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Chryfanthemum Bermudenfe Leucoit fdliis virentibus crajfis 



. Aim. 102. 



THIS Plant grows on Rocks on the Sea-fhores of mdft of 

 the Bahama Iflands. It grows ufually to the height of 

 four or five feet, with many pliant green ftems arifing from the 

 root ; the leaves are long, increafing in width gradually to the 



/^ETTE Piaitte c'r'ozt fur des rochers^ fur le bord de la Mer dam 

 laplufpart des zles ^/i? Bahama, Elle sileve ordinairement a la 

 hauteur de quatre ou cinq pies, nvec plujieurs tiges vertes & fouples -, 

 forteftt de la racine. Sesjeuillesfont loizgues^ s'elargijfent toujour s 



end; and in form refembling the leaves of the ftock gilly- jufqua Mrs extremtth, &rejemblentparhurfc 



flower ; they are thick, fucculent, and of a fliining green, ftand- 



oflee : elks font epaiJTeSy fucculentes 



ing oppofite to one another. The flowers grow fingly at the chees Vune ws-a-vis de V autre. 



ends of the branches, on footfl:alks of four inches long. 



Jleurs viennent Jep. 



branches fur des pedicules de quatre p 



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