p.pS 



ANAS MINOR ex albo & fufco varto 



Th 



Petit Canard brun. 



i^i|^.m HIS Duck has a We white 



fpot on each fide the head, 

 S5S and another on the lower 





part 



of the 



wing 



except 



r" 



vv'hich, the head and all the 



E Canard a urn tache blanche 



de chaque cote de la tete 



> 



une autre fur le has de Vaile : 





ho 



rs 



cela 



9 



/I 



tete 



tout 



dejfus de fon corps 



de fes 



upper part of the body and wings are dark ailes font d'^un brun f once, Sa poitrine ^ 



brown. The bread and belly are light fon ventre font d'un gris clair : fon bee efi 



les iris de fes yeux font de couleur 



gray : 



the 



bill 



ck 



the I rides of the 



noir 



eyes are of a hazel-colour: 



this 



was a 



de noifette : celui-ci etoit une femelle. 



Le 



Female, 

 white 



The 



was pyed black and male eft marque de noir ^ de blanCy comme 



7 



but not being able 



am 



to 



\^ 



to procure it, une pie ; mats comme je n at pu en avoir 

 thus Ihort in the un^ je fuis oblige de ne le pas deer ire plus 



defcrip 



of Riv 



. They frequent the lower parts 

 in Carolina^ where the water is 



au lon(T, 



Ces Oifeaux frequentent le bas des 

 rivieres de la Caroline, oii Peau eft falee^ ou 



fait, or brack iili. 



fomache. 



Frute 



A/ 



uxl foliis ohiongts 



y 



baccis pallide viridibus apice donatis 



Soap-Wood 



ri™^HIS Shrub or fmall Tree rifcs to the height of about 



1- 



fix or eight feet, and ufuaily with one flrait ftem 



covered with a whitifh bark* The leaves in fizc, fhape and 

 fubftance refemble thofe of Box, and many of them grow 

 concave and curling, with their edges inward. At the ends 

 of the fmalicr tv/igs grow bunches of round pale green berries 

 of the fize of large Peas, fct on foot-ilalks a quarter of an 



tain an uncertain number of (four, five, and fome fix) fmall 

 brown feeds covered with a mucilage. The bark and leaves 

 of thefe feeds being beat in a mortar produces a lather i and 

 is made ufe of to wafh deaths and linnen, to which laft it 

 gives a yellownefs. The Hunters, wl:io frequent the defolate 

 Iflands oi Bahama^ (where this Shrub grows on the Sea-Coaft) 

 are frequently necefiltated to ufe this fort of Soap to wafh tlieir 

 {hirts, for want of better. 



inch long with a fmall indented capfula. Thefe berries con- petite capfi 



petit Arbre seleve a la hauteur d' environ Jix ou huit pies 



71 a ordinairement qihine feule tige ccuverte d'un ecorce 

 hlanchdtre, Ses Jeuilles rejj'emblent far leur grandeur^ leur jor777e^ 

 & leur jub [lance d celles du bouis : plujicurs foTtt €072caves & frifies^ 

 & ont ieurs bords en dedaits. Au bout des plus petites branches il 

 vie72t des grapes de bayes d'un verd pdle^ & de la groffeur dhin gros 



+ 



pois^ attachees d des pedicuks d'un quart de pouce de long^ avec mte 



/< 



/' 



fi. 



& 



feuilles de cet Arbre, etant pillees dam un mortier, produije 



fej. 



elk 



chaJTeurSy qui ft 



favon, fc 



Bahama, ou cet arbriffeau croit fur les cotes^fojtt fo 

 pour blanchir Ieurs chernijes^ de fefcrvir de cette efpt 



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