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HIS Bird was about a tliird part bigger tbah 

 a common Partridge. The bill was brown • 

 the eyes black, with hazle-coloured irides : 

 the legs were covered with yellowifh downy 

 feathers to its roes : the tail was fhort, having 

 the under-part of a duflcy black ; except 

 which, the plumage of the whole Bird was 

 of a reddifli brown, marked tranfverfely with 

 black and white waved lines intermixed; The feathers of the 



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Lie Coq de bois ^Amirique, 



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METOifeau etcit a peu pres dhin tiers pirn grol 



^ que no's per drix crdinaires. Son bee etoit brmi': 



ii avoit tes yeux fioirs, avec des iris^coukur di 



noifette : fes jamkes etoient cotivertes jifqu'aux 



doigfs dii pie de plumes de duvet ^ de vouleut 



^^J jaundt?\^ : fa qiieile etoit coiirte^ & k dejfoia 



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fombre-j mats a cela pres^ te ph 



ifverfalemeht de Ifgnes blanches 6f 



brun rougeatrcy marqui 



crown of the head were long, arid when ereded, formed a little tiffues enfemble. Les plumes de la couronne de la tite itoient lon^ 



creft. But what is lingular and extraordinary in this Bird, and 

 diftinguifhes it from all others yet khov/n, are two tufts of fea- 



y? dreffant^Jormoient tine petite huppe. Mais ce qu'il 



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thers refembling little wings, three inches long, placed on the dijlingue de ions les autres connus jufqiid prifent, ce fc 



hind-part of the neck near the head, oppofite to one another : 

 feach of thele tufts were made up of five feathers lapping one 

 over another, fomewhat like thofe of a Bird's wing, gradually 

 Sccreafing in length. 



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Thefs little wings (if fo they may be called) were fixed to 

 the neck in fuch a manner, that the Bird has the power of con- 



'ffes de plumes^ rejfe 



's pouceSy place es fur le derriere du coUy ajje-z prh de la \ 

 ')ppoJees rune a V autre : chacune de ces touffcs e/l compoft 



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fur les autres y a peu p 



Ces petit es ailes^ Jl on peut les nommer ainfi^ 



Oifeau le pouvoir de les feffe 



trading and dilating them : when difturbed, it would fpread hu de les etendre comme les autres. Si on le troubloity il ne manquoit 

 thefe little wings horizontally -, at other times it would let them - » . .... 



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The Hen had not thefe neck- 



feathers ; except which, there appeared very little difference be- 

 tween this and the Cock. From the ftrufture and refemblance 



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of thefe neck-feathers to real Vvings, they rriay poffibly affifl the 



pas a etendre ces petit es 

 les laifjoit tomber de chaque cote du cou. La femelle n'avoit point 

 ces fortes de plumes au con: d celapres^ vn remarquoit peu de dif^ 

 Jerence entre elk & fin male. De laJlruSlure de ces plumes du cou^ 



'fjtmblance aux veritables aileSy on p. 



Bird in running or flying, or both 5 efpecially as the wings are r Oifeau sen aide, ou pour courir\ ou pour voler, on pour Tun & 



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iSome of thefe Birds, in the year 1743, I faw at the right ho- 



Wilmington s at Chifwick 



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71 de lapefanteur de fin corp 

 ye vis quelques uns de Tes Oife 



plus que fis veri tables atlesfiiit court es a prop 



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Mylord Comte de Wilmingtoiij qui m'affi 



74 j, i Chifwick, "^ xhe% 



lis etoient venus. 



'f^ut pas rendroit particulier 



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Penan thiiitri monophyllum^ femiqmnque filem^ perfiflens\ Laciniis lanceolatis^ refexis, demum longtj/imls, revolutB. 



]^onoptt2ih quinque Jiday tuho accretay furfiim rejlexa : l^^cmi^ longiffim^Sy ImgueformeSy acut^. 



Tubus CylindricuSy germen involvenSy cordlam fufiinens. 



Filamerita quinque breviffimay tuho inftdcntia. Anthers long^y lanccolatJcy didym^. 



Stam. 



Pift. Gtrmtn'conuumy tedium. Stylus fliformsy longitudine ftaminum. Stigma. 



Per. Capfula ovatay uniloculatisy bivalvisy apice dehifcens. 

 Sern« Plurima parva. Receptaculum columnarCy liberum. 



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Obf. ■ Talis apparuitft7tgularisp'u£iura in ficcisy in qidbus emarcidiSy Corolh a iubo fuit feparatay Cf? diverfiy in aVds "vero arEle connexa% aJed ui 



a'podiifice dcterminare impojftbile fuity an tubus tile fuerit Jlaminum toalitioy z/^ /« monadelphiis pcnderuriis CI. Limn, (a quibus infignitet 

 differ t corolU connexione (^ fiiu) an vero ad corollam pertineret ut in Cyclamine, ^ Diapenfia Linn. Dubium fohet autopfia in vivis. 



THE leaves of this Plant are of a pale green, and refemble 

 thofe of the common garden-lettuce. From the middle of 

 the leaves rifes a fingle ftalk about a foot high; on the fummit of 

 which are fixed together many rcdining footftalks, on every one of 

 which hang pendant a fingie flower; the whole forming a clufter 

 of about twenty. The flower confifl:s of a green calix with five 

 feftions, and one reflexed petal divided almod to the bottom by five 

 fegments, in the manner of the Autumn Cyclamen. The apices are 

 connefled together in a point. Though the flowers hang down, the 

 feed-velTels afterwards turn up, and {^and eredl on their footfl:alks. 



It flowered in Mr. Collinjor^% garden at Peckhaniy in September 



1744, from feeds fent him by Mr. Barirarfty who gathered themi 



' from beyond the Apalatchian mountains, which lie parallel with 



Virginia. The feeds were contained in a long membranous capfula^ 



which opens into four parts, and difcharges its very fmall feeds. 



ES feuilles de cette Plant e font d'un verd pdky £5? rejfembien't a celles 



de la laitue commune de nos jar dins. Du milieu des feulllh s^cleve une 



tige uniqiiCy de la hauteur a peu pres d'unpiiy fur le fommct de laquellefont 



attaches enfemble diviri pedicuks penctesy au bout de chacun defquels pend 



une fleur unique \ & le tout forme une efpece de groiipe^ ou de bouquet y qui 

 en iontient vingty ou envir 



parties y &? un pet ale re^ 



mensy a la maniere du ^d\v\ de pcUrceau d' AxMoiVint, 

 lies ei^femble dans un point. 



tiji.H' ji^i f/ti. Lific cj^cic uc ^f (/uj/c^ utt ac i/uHUUtly qui 



nviron. La feur conftlle en un calice divifc en cinq^ 

 efiechiy divifcy prefqtie jufqu'au bouty par cinq^ feg-' 



Les fommeis font 



^uoi que les fieurs foyent pendanteSy les vaif- 



feaux de lafcfncnce fe rekvent danslafnitey (£ fe dreffentfur kurs pedicules. 



Ce'tte Plant e donna ici fa flcuTy rat mcis de S^-^i^YwhxQ 1744, dans le 



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des 



s la. Cette forte de 



jardin de Mr, Collinfon a Peckham : la femence lui avoit etc envoyee 

 Virginie par Mr. Bartram, qui Vavcit recueillie lui-mme au dela 



Montagnes Apalachicnhes- qui foyil par alleles a ce paxi 

 femence eft ccnienue dans me capfule longue ^ membrane 



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ufcy qui s'cuvre en 



quatreparttesy isf fe dh barge aiufi de fes tris petitesgraines. 



To this new genus of Plants, I hive given the name of the learned Dr. Richard Meady Phyfician to His Majefly, and F. 

 for his zealous patronage of arcs and fciences in general^ and in particiilar for his generous alliftanc-^ towards carrying 



of this work into execucion. 



R. S. in gratitude 

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