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Bf/ER^C/IDl/L^ JMERICJNA FUSCA. 



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The Blue-W^ing TeaL 



Safcel 



"O 



brun 





r" 



c 



rAmerique. 



fomewhat 



big 



er than the 



common Teal. 



Th 



e 



bill 



IS 



Wild Duck 



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black : the head, and moft 

 part of the body, are of a 

 mixed 

 the 



ray 



like that of a 



LLE efl tin 



IS 



grojje 



que 



a 



farcell. 



6 commune. 



Son 



bee efl noir : fa tete^ ^ prefque 

 tout fon corps font d^un gris 



comme celui d'*un canard 



back being darker than fativage. 



rneie^ 



Le deffus de fon corps efl plus 



the under part of the body : the upper fonce 



aue 



X 



e 



deffbus : 



haut de Paik 



part of the wing is of a bright blue, be- d'*un bleu brillant : au dejfous efl tin rang 



fort etroit de plumes blanches^ enfuite un 

 rang de vertes : le refte de Paile, c^ejl-a-dire 



low which ranges a narrow row of white 



reen 



feathers; next to them a row of 

 the reft of the wing, being the qiiill-feathers, les grandes plumes^ font d'^un brun obfcur : 



fesjambeSy ^ fes pies font brims, Lafemellc 



is dark brown : the legs and feet are brown. 



The Female is all brown 

 Wild Duck. 



> 



like 



a common 



toute brune 



) 



comme 



un canard fativage 



ordinaire. 



In Augtift thefe Birds come in great Au mois d^Aout ces Oifeaux viennent en 

 plenty to Carolina^ and continue till the grand nombre a la Caroline ; ^ y demetirent 



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middle of OBober^ at which time the Rice jufquau milieu d^Oclobre^ qui efl le temps ou 



is gathered in. 



on which they feed. 



In 



Virginia^ where no Rice grows, they feed 

 on a kind of Wild Oat, 



rowin 



m 



the 



5 



marihes 



extremely fat. 



and in both places they become 



Pon a ramaffe le risy dont ils fe nourriffent, 

 A la Virgin ie, ou il ne croit point de ris, ils 



qui 



vient dans les marecages, 

 extremement dans ces detix endroits. 



' mange nt une efpece d'^avoine fauvage^ 



lis s]engraiffent 



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They are not only by the Natives pre- JSJon feulement les nature Is du pais, mais 

 ferred to all othei" Water-fowl, but others, .auffi tous ceux qui en ont gotite, les pre fere nt 



who have eat of them, give them the pre- pour le gout d toutes les autre s efpece s 



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ference to all of the Duck kind for delicacy 

 of tafte. 



canards 



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