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HIRUNDO CAUDA JCULEATA AMERICANA. 



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^he American Swallow. 



HIS is a little kfs than the Eit^li'fJj 



Houfe-SnsDallow, but very like it 

 in fhape. It is all over of a brown 

 colour, except that the under part 

 of the body and tail is of a lighter 



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L'Hlrondelle d'Amerique. 



fELLE'CI ejl un feu plus petite que 



1 iiotre hiro72deUe 'co777muned'' An^ eterre, 



977ais lui reJJ'e7nble fort par J a forme. 

 Elk efl par tout d'u77e couleur bru77ey 

 e'xcepte quefous le corps^ ^ a la queue 



the throat is ^^^S^^^^i^^^^ elk efl d'^un bru77 plus clair^ &^ que la 



almoft white. The 'Cock has fome feathers faintly gorge'enpartkulier ejl p7''efquebla77che. Lemdle a quel- 



ftained with purple, except which he differs not' ques plumes Iegere7ne77t marquees de pour p7''e^ dcelaprh 



in colour from the Hen. The fmgularity of this ihte differ epot7it£7i couleur -de la fe77ielle. Ce quily ade 



Bird is, that the fliafts of the tail-feathers are very fngulier da77S €esHiro7idelles c ejl quelesboutsdes plu777es 



lirfi-, fharp- pointed, and bare of feathers at their de la queue fo7it fort roides^pointus^&^ de77ues de plumes 



ends, v;hich feem defigned by Nature for the fup- aleurs extre777ttes^ cequtfe7nblea'vdretedefi7ieparla 



eir bodies, while they are in an ered Nature a foute77tr leurs corps^ pe7id<i72t qu elles Jo7it en 



which they do in pojlure droite^ &^ bdtiffent leurs 77ids^ C07n77ie elles fo7tt^ 



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chimneys, with little fticks interwoven and ce- dans les che7nt77ees^ avec de fettts bdt€7ts e7itrelaffes^ &^ 

 mented together with a kind of glue or gum, ch77entes enfe7nble avec U7te efpece de glu^ou de gomtne. 



Their 



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dical 



retirmg 

 Virgmia and Caroli7ta^ is 



from, and 



returning 



to 



Leur retratte^ ^ leur retour periodique datis la Vir 



at the fame feafons as ginie M la Caroline, arrive72t da77s les me772es fa'tfons 



our Swallows do in Ef}gla77d: therefore the place quiet en Angleterre, par rapport a nos Hirondelles : 



they retire to from Caroli7ia is, I think, moft ainfi je croi que re77droit ou elks fe retire7it en quittant 



probably Brazil^ fome part of which is in the la Caroline, ejl probuble7ne7it k V>Ti(\\^ dont U77.e partie 



fame latitude in the fouthern hemifphere, as Ca^ efl a la 7ne7ne latitude dans T hhnijphere Meridional^ 



rolinix is in the northern; where, the feafons re- que la Q^xoYm^ Teji dans k Septentrional^ ^ ou par 



verting, they may, by this akemate change, enjoy, oonfequent les faifons revenant^ elks peuve7it'^ par cette 



the year round an agreeable equality of climate: alternative^ jouir tout k long de Tannee d'une agreabk 



and what ftrengthens the probability of it is, that egaltte de clifnat ; ^ ce qui fort if e la prohabilite de 



the defcription of the Brazilian Andorinha of cette penfee^ c efl que la defcription de /'Andorinha du 



Margravius agrees well with that of this Bird,, Brczil par Margravius efl affez confor7ne ^vec celle de 



except that he takes no notice of the fpines in cet Oifeau^ excepte quil 7te park point de ces efpeces de 



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tlie tail, which he might probably overlook. 



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If it were afcertained that this Virginia 



point es qiiil a a la queue^ ^ dont peutetre il ne s efl 

 point appergu. - - . - 



N, B. S'il etoit demontrequeT Hirondelk /^^Virginie 

 Swallow was the fame o{ Margravius % A77dori77ha^ fut la 7ne77teque /'Andorinha ^^ Margravius, cefe7^oity 

 it would, I think, confirm that moft probable- je pe7fe^ une co77Jir7nation de cette hypothefe tres pro 



liypothefisj^ That Birds of p^ffcige ' [particularly babk^ Que les Oifeaux de paftlige, & en particulier 



Swallows) pafs to the fa777e latitude in the fouthern THirondelle, paftent a la meme latitude dans The- 

 He77tifphere^' as the 72orther7t latitude from whence mifphere Meridional, que celle d'ou ils viennent, 



they came. 



dans le Septentrional, 



IJlium angufli folium^ flore ruhro fmgulari. 



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HIS Lily rifes from the ground with one, two, or three 

 ftrait ftalks3 each of them bearing a fingle flower at 

 thT height of about fixteen inches. The leaves are narrow, and 

 itained at their ends with purple. The flower confifts of a 



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Le Lis rouge de Penfilvanie. 



'£ 'iTT'E efpece de Lis s'elcve de tcrre avec unCy deiiXy ou trots 

 iiges droit es, chaqiie tige portont une feuk jleur a la hauteur 

 d*environftize pouces. Les feuilles font etroites^ & marquees de 

 pour pre vers leiirs bouts. La jleur conjifte eii im pi (lily & llx eta-- 



pointal and fix ftamina, rifing from the center of fix deep fcarlet mineSy qui sekvent du centre dejix petales d'un ecarlate Jonciy Cf 

 Detals fpotted with very dark red or purple, and their back fides tachete d\in rouge^ oud'un pourprejort ohfcur -y & leurs cotes d'en 



covered with an hairy roughnefs, as is alfo the upper part of the 

 ftalk. It is a native of Fenfdvantay and bloflbmed in Mr ^-'- 

 Collinforis garden at Peckham, Anno 1743. 



has font couverts d'une rudejje cbe'veluey comme Vejl auffi la par tie 

 Juperieure de la tige, II croit dans la Penfilvanie, mais il afleuri 



dans le jar din de Mr. Pierre CoUinfon a Peckham, en 1743. 



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