V:l 95 



PICA LUrEO-NIGRA FA R I A 



Hift.t 



am, p. 301 



^he Yellow and Black Pye. 



HIS is about the fize of a Blackbird : the 

 irides of the eyes were yellow, furround- 

 ed by a blueifh fkin; the bill was black, 

 and fomewhat more than an inch long; 

 the head was blacky the throat had lon;^ 

 pointed feathers, hanging loofcly down 



La Pie jaune Sc noirci 



b>iiir6^'.H^^??*w^;d$ mer/e : les ins cies veux 



the 



upper part of the back, black; as 



were the wings, with a mixture of white; 



de la groffenr d'un 



yeux pmt jaiinesy & env'i^ 

 rormees d^une peau hleudtre : le hec ejl noir-, & 

 long de plus d vn ponce : la tete eji noire : la 

 gorge a de lo^igues plumes en point e^ qui pen^ 

 dent 7iegUgemme7it : la part ie fupcrieitre du dot 

 eji noire y arec ten rn'.lange de blanc^ comme les 

 ailes, qtn^ foils les grqff'es plumes, font brunes: 



and under the quill-feathers, brown: the neck and under le coUy & le deffhus du corps, avecimepartie du dosy & ducroupion 

 part of the body, with the hind part of the back and rump, font d'un jaune rouffedtre. On lesnomjne a la Jamaique Oifeaux 



of a reddifh yellow. They are 



'J^ 



Birdsy that fruit being a part of their food. They are very 

 fprightly and active Birds ; and are often kept in cages for 



au Bonana, parce quils tirent de ce fruit unepartie de leur nourri^ 



1, ^ ' (j-^ Iq^ 



ture 

 met 



their docility and antique geftures. 



. Cefont des Oifeaux fort vifs, & pleins d'adlivite : on le 

 tresfouvent en cage, a caife de leur docilite^ & de lafingu 



larite de leurs mouvemens, & de leurs ppfures. 



. I 



Ulio-Narcijfus PoUanthus^ flore albo^ 



\ lent ftalk to the height of feven or eight inches ; on the top of 

 which grows a clufter of about eight or ten fmall green bulbs \ from 



L I 8 Na R C I S S Ei 



fTr^HlS Plant has a bulbous root, fr6m which rifes a thick fuccii- /^jET'T'A' Plante a ime rac'ine htdbeufe^ d'ou s^eleve Ufte tige epaijfe^ 



W fuccuknte jufqu'a la hauteur cle fept cu huit pGUces^ fur U 

 fommet de laquelle croit un bcuquet^ d'envircn kuit cu dix petit'es 

 iulhes vertes^ de chacune defquelies fort une feur blanche^ monopetak^ 

 £5? tubuleufe, -La partie Juperietire du tube fe divife en fix petalcj^ 

 ^ui rcnferrntrit unc cctipe axxc fa verge^ partagie en douze jeSlions^ 

 6ff ay ant tin pijiil^ (s? fix cianilms-, avsc lews fommets jaunes, Le 

 bouquet cnikr des f curs eft eyidos par un pcrianthtum^ qui fe paring^ 

 en deux^ i^ dxcouvre le bouqitct entier^ ^ cepmdant refte pendant 

 fur la tige^ takt que les ficurs durent. Les feuiUes font d'^un verd 

 fonce^ & luifant^ conrne r'e-les du Lis Narcifie a fleiVf jaune. 



fai vu ces fortes de Plantcs croitre dvis une fondri'ere^ pres de PallU*' 



every one of which proceeds a monoperalous, tubulous, white flower. 

 The upper part of the tube divides into fix narrow petals, inclofing a 

 cup^ with its verge divided into twelve fc6tions, having a ftilus, fix fta- 

 mina, with yellow apices. The whole cluftcr of flowers is inclofed 

 by a perianthium, which divides in two, and difclofes the whole 

 bunch, yet remains hanging to the fl:all<. while the flowers continue ; 

 the leaves are of a deep (hining green, hke thofe 6f the Lilio Narciffus 

 fiore luteo autumnalis minor, 



Thefe Planrs I faw growing in a bog wtzx TalltichucuJa, zn Indian 

 town on the Savanna river, v/ithin the precinftof <?^^r^/^. 



^ 

 « 



chacula, bourg Indien j^r la Savanne, riviere de Gcurgie. 



p^e/pa Ichneumoti cceruka. 



a Guepe azurce. 



■ 



THIS Wafp IS about three quaftersbf aft inch In length. A pipe 

 orfiftula-, of a quarter of an inch long, joins the thorax to ch 

 abdomen, all which are of a deep blue. It had fix legs. The wings were 



f^E'fTEVuepe dvcit environ tro:s quarts de pouce en to'ngtieur, Uni 



fiftule d'un quart de pouce de Icngjoiptoit le thorax a i^ abdomen \ G? h 

 tout etoii d^un bleufonee, EUe avoit fix pies, Les ailes etcient melees de 



blended with brown and blue, having each a black fpot-at their ends. hriin & de bleu^ ^'d avoit chacune une tache noire dfon extremte, 



Mr. CollinfoH, in the Philof Tr.inf of the Royal Society, N". 476. p. 

 3^53. has defcribed and fip;ured two ichneumon Wafps, with their 

 nefl:s, from Pe7ifylvania\ but as the defcriptions of the colours in his 

 and mine does horexa6lly agree, it cannot be abfolucely determined, 

 Whether his and mine be the fame 



This fpecies of Wafp form cylindrical pipes of clay, about the 

 bignefs, but twice the length of 6ne's little firtge'r ; thefe they fik 

 horizontally under fheds or pent-houfes, joining eight, ten, ot 



of them together, fide by fide: thefe tubes are divided 



partitions, forming as many cells, in every 

 v/hich they lay an egg, and fill up the vacancy with Spiders, and 

 clofe up the cell fecurely. It is to be obfcrved, that the Wafp 

 cripples the fpider, with an intent not only to dif^ble thern from 

 crawling away while {he is accumulating a fufEcient ftore ot them, 



more 



feveral 



by 



one 



of 



Mr. Collinfon a decrit i^ figure dans les Tranfadtions de la Societ^ 



Royale, N 476. p. 303. deux Guepes Ichneumon de )?tn^\\vm\^^ avtc 

 leurs nids \ fnais, comme les defcriptions des couleurs ne conviennent pa^S 

 exaSiement dans lafiehn: ^ dans la mien le^ on ne peut pas determiner ab^- 

 folumejit ftlaftenne^ i^ la miemte font la meme, 



Ces Guepes formenl de pewits tuyaux ciiindriques d'^argihy eHvircn di 

 Vepaijeur du petit dnigt^ & de la lorigunr de dlT< de ces doigts en long : 

 elks lesfixent horizo>italerneut fous les couverts on appentis des miifons^ i^ 

 enjoignent huit, ou dix, oil divant^ge enfenb^e a cote les uns d;s autre s : 

 ces tubes font divife s en plufieurs partitions^ qui forment ant ant de celluUi 

 'diftin^les, dans chacitne difquelles elks pendent un ceuf, 13 rempliffent les in- 

 terftices d'araignees, apres quci elks ferment la cellule auffijurmen} qti^elki 



peuvent 11 faut clfjver que la Gu.pe, t;i cftropiant comme elk fait a" abord 



les araigntes, ne fe propofe pas feulement de leur oter les moyens de s evader^ 



pendant quelle ejl apfes a 'en dccumuler une quantitejujffante^ mats auff 4^ „ 



lels co'fiferve? en t'/V, pour fervira Id nimphe de noumture ffaiche^ J^fq}^*^ 



but alfo that th'ey continue alive to ferve the nympha with a fupply 



of frefii food, till it enters into its change \ in order for which it fpins 



itfelf a filken cafe, in which it lies in its chryfilis fl:ate all the teqU'elleentredansfantetamorphcfe-.pcurlaqtiellefinellefefileaiijftdelle 



winter, and in the fpring gnaws its v/ay through the clay-ftrudure, 



and takes its flight. 



meme une envelope defye-, oli elk refte tout PHiver dansfon lit de parade^ 

 rhey are filent, but m the very a6tion of id au Printems ellefe fait un chemin hors du tube^ id prendfon voL Qrdi^ 



<< 



ntiirement elks gar dent le ftknce \ mais dans Paction ^ Peft a dire quand elhi 



about, they llrike up their odd mufical note^, and with furpri- font occupies a paitrir^ a fafonner leurs tubes-, elks bourdonnent leurs notei 

 fino" dexterity and odd gefliculations chearfully perform the du- ennuyeujes-, ^ avec Me dcxterite fuprenante^ ^ des poftures fingulieres^ 



fmefs they are about-, and theti ceafe 



finging. 



till they returrt 



with a frefh mouthful of moifl: clay: repeating their labour ill 

 this manner till the whole is finiflied, 

 n.B, The Wafp 



tiles executent gayement Pou'i^rage entrepris't apres quoi elks ceftent de chdnter^ 

 jufqiCa ce qu^elks reviennent avec la bouche pkine d'^wk 'argik, encore tout^ 

 humide, rec^mmencer leur befogne avec leur chant, jufqu\h ce que tout foil fint^ 

 N. B. La Gueptj ^u'on troUveradcxrite d-dejfvusa fa page i t^^formi 



a nefl: of clay, but of a different llrufture from thisj tho' the method nufftun nidd^argiky niais d^uneftru^ure differente de celui-ci, quoi que lit 



of working and finging in both differs little or nothing. 



methode du travail, id P accompagnement du bi^urdon fopnt dpeupres^ cU 

 fbut a fait les memes dark Pun id dans P autre. 



Thefe Wafps feem not to affeft nor to ha\^g any thing to do Au rcfte^ ces fortes de Guepes ne paroijfent pas etre fort tentees de^^egeta- 



with ' vef^etables, for they fubfill on Infefls only: Spiders parti- hles^ car elks ne fubftftent que d''infeBes : les araignees enparticuHerparoif 



/ 



cularly Veem xo be their principal food; wherefore they moftly 

 frequent out houfes, cellars, i^c. where Spklers rHofl: abound i 

 thefe they fei7,e and fly away with in their mouths, tho* fome 

 of" them are of equal fize with themfelves: when one proves too 

 bio- for the Wafp to fly with, fhe drags it to her nefl:-, an in- 

 ftance of Vv'h ch I faw of an exceeding large Spider, dragged up 

 an ereft wall by Qx\^ of thefe Wafps, and carried into his neft, 

 which beiocr both weighed, the Spider proved to be eight times 

 the weight of the Walp. 



fent elre leur principale nowrittire : c^eft pcurquci cllesfe trouvcnt ordinaire^ 

 tnent dans lei granges^ ks eel Hers, 5i'c. oii iiy a k plus d'^ardigitceSi etleS les 

 faijiffent, id ks emportent dans leurs benches, quoiqu^ily en ait d'* aujf p'^ffeS 



^u'elks : que sHly en a qttelqu^une quife trcuve tfop puiftafite pour err e cnt^ 

 portee de pkin Vol, la Guepe fe ccHtente de la trainer jufiiC a fon nid : fen ai 

 vu uh ixeffipk dans une araignee d'utle excejjive ^roffeur^ tiree jufqit^ail haui 



ie tes Guepe s^ qui la trainaj'tfqu^a fon nid: qUand oH lei 



ixfparcment^ it f: trouva que lepcids de raraigni$ etcit 



d*un mur par Une de 

 cut pefces tcutes dei 

 a ceLii de la Guepe comme huit a un, 



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