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^he Razof-billed Black-bird ^/Jamaica. 



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HIS Bird IS fomewhat? lefs 



Le Merle de la Jamaiquei 



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ap 



than our yack-daw, -~ 

 pears at a diftance all over 



^1£ T O//^^// ^ un peu plus pern 



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^//^ ^^//^^ choucas. A quilqut 







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a/^ce 



paroit 



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black j but at a nearer view fome of th 



feathers were blended with fllinin 



purple' 



and green. The fingular make of the bill 

 refembles that of the Razor-hilly Willoug^ 



'f rials de pres quelques unes de fes plumes font 

 melees d'^un propre^ ^ d'^un verd ajfez hrih 



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■lans. La figure fingulkre de [on bee rejfimble 



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a celle du Alka Hoicri 



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p. 323. tab. 65. the upper mandible being rieure dehor dant d'^une maniere re'marqUa 



rem 2 



prominent 



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ifmg 



arch -wife 



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s'*elevanty . en forme d'^arche^ 



avec un 



"y- 



\vith an high and very thin edge* 



fom'met afjez haut^ 



ires mince » 



Sir Hans Sloane informs 



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us, that ijC fab 



Mqnf eur le Chevalier ^\o2lX\q nous dpprend 



It alfo que cet Oifeau vit d'^efcafhoVs^ ^ defdute-^ 



fifts on Beetles and Graftioppers. 



feeds on fruit and grain. They appear in relies: ii fe nourrit aujft de fruits 





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^nd are querulous, and very noify* 'graines. Ces Otfeaux ne paroiffent que par 

 They are numerous m yamaica^ Hifpa'-^ troupes ^ font plaintiffs ^ ^ font heaucoup dt 

 niohs &c. X ' %ruit. On nevohheaucoup dansla^2^m2^\Q^t^ 



Tile de St. Doming;ue 



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fore ma^tmo 



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pur pit rets venis notato^ ][otiis amplis hirfutis crimatis^ 



radice 



camm. 



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' Le Sabot des Indes, 



HIS Plant produces the tiiofl: elegant flower ^^E'T'TE Plante prodtiit la plus belle fleuVde toide^ 



of all the Helleborine tribe, and is in great ^^^ les efpeces d' Elleborine, qui 7iousfoje?U conhueSy &^ 



efteem with the North- American Indians for deck- eft fort eftimee des Indians Septentrionaux de /'Ameri- 



ing their hair, 8cc. They call it tht Moccaftn c^mq qui s' en fervent pour T ornement de leurs cheveuxy 



flower, which alfo fignifieSj in their language, a Wc. ils la nomment en leur langue lafleur Moccafline^ 



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Sbo^i or Slipper. 



comme qui diroit le Soulier^ ou la Pantouffle 



