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^e largejl crejied Heron 



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Le grand Heron huppe. 



Fig. I. 



feed not 



S I did not meafure the length of this Bird, I can only guefs 

 it to be not lefs than four feet and an half high, when ertft. 

 The bill meafured altnoft eight inches from the angle of the 

 mouth*to the end of it ; and was of a yeilowiih brown colour 

 behind the eyes ; and under the throat of a light brownifh yel- 

 low. The crefton its head was made up of long narrow brown 

 feathers ; the longeft being five inches in length, which it could, 

 ereft and let fall at plcafure. The neck and bread brown, hut 

 paler, and fpotted on the under part. The reft of, the body 

 and legs brown, except the quill-feathers, which are blacks 



only on Fiih and Frogs, but on Lizards, Efts, ^c. They are natives 



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OMMEje ne mefurai pas la grandeur dt cet Olfeau^ je puUfeuU* 



^ ment conjeSlurer qiiil n^a^oit pas moins de quaire pies 13 demi de 



^ hautf lors qu^il/cdrejjbit. J Tegarddubec, dontje pris lamefure^ 



il aHjoit pre/que huit pouces de r angle di la houd^e jtcj'qu! a fon extre~ 



-j-^ mite ; y etoit^ Jiiriere lesyeuxj d^une coufeur brune tirant fur k 



^ jaune, l£ fom la gorge d'unjaune brun plus clair. La huppe^ qu^il 



a'voitfur la ieie^ etoit compofie deplumes longues ^ etroztes de couleur 



'^^ brunCy dont les plus longues aijoientjujqua cinq pouces de longueur % 



i^ il powvoit les drej/er, ou les laiJJerto?nbery comme il wouloit* Le 



.aO^^VT^'^^^^ f£?« fc^ la poiirine etoient hruns^ mats plus pales 13 tachetes ait 



le reft e du corps 13 les jamhes etoient brunsy excepte les grandes plumes^ qui etoient 



Ces Oi/eauxje nourrijent non /eu lenient de poijfonl3 de grinouillesy mais au£i di 



\3 petits lexardst i3 ils naijjent dam la Virginie. 



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Stellio aquatkus- minor Americanus* 



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% S > O T T E i) E F T. 



Fig. 2. 



HESE 



icoo arc found in ditches, ponds, and (landing waters, and arc the food of 

 Herons and Serpents." This was five inches long, having a large head. It had 

 — four toes on each of the fore feet, and five on the hind-feet ; a double row of 

 •white round fpots extending from the crown of the head to the hind-legs, from which, 

 to the end of the tail, they were fmgle. They arc as inoffenfive as our common 

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Le petit Lezard £toile. 



Fig. 2 



At trouve ces Lezords dans lesfoffes, les hangs y & toufes fortes d^eaux crouprfantesy ouili 

 font la proye & la nourriture des herons 13 des ferpens, Celui-ci etoit de cinq pouces de 

 long, 13 a^oit une groffe tete : il a^oit quatre doigts a chaque pie de de^vanty (3 cinq aux 

 pies de derriere : une double rangee de taches blanches 13 rondes s^etendoient de la couronne de la 

 tete jufqu aux jamhes de derriere ; viais de lajufqu^au baut de la queiie, les taches rCetoierk 



qu'une a une, Ces Lizards nefoni pas plus de mal en Virginie, que les lizards dUau nen 

 font parminouu , . . 



Pulex minimus, cutem penetrans^ Americanus. 



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Le G H E G o. 



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"TTis avery fmallkindofPiea, that Is found only m warm cH.^ates : it is a very; 

 I troublefome Infeft, efpecially to Negroes and others that go bare-foot, and are 

 ^ floveiily/'They penetratethe fkin, under which they lay a bunch or bag of eggs, 

 which fwcll to the bignefs of a fmall pea or tare, and give great pain nil it is taken out ; 

 to perform which, great care is required for fear of breaking the hag, which endangei-s^ 

 il mortification, and the lofs of a leg, and fometimes life itfelf. Thislnfed, in us na- 

 tural fize, is not' above a fourth part fo big as the common Flea, but magnified by a 

 tnicrofcope it appealed of the fize of the figure herereprefented. From the mouth iffued 

 a Ijpllow tube, like that of the common Flea, between a pair of antenna. It had fiX- 

 jointed legs, and fomething rwrembling a tail, under which is reprefented one of its eggs, 

 the fize of which is fo fmall that it can hardly be difcerned by the naked eye ; but mag- 

 nified by aglafs, appeared as here reprefented. Thefe Chegoes are a nufance to moil 

 arts of ^/wmV« between the Tropicks. See Sir Hans Sloane's Hifi. Jamaic. Introd; 

 . €XXIV» and VoU II. p. 151, 192. ' * • 



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'^Sr une efpece de Puce ires petite, qu*on ne trowve que dans les climats les plus chauds i 

 elk efl tres incommode a beaucoup de perfonnesy mats parti culierement aux negres, t3 a 

 7^- ceux qui 'vont nujds piesy 13 font mal propres. Ces InfeBes peneirent dans la peauyfout 

 laquelle ils depofent unfac d^aufs, lequel s'etijlejujqiia la grofeur d^un petit potSy 13 caufe de 

 grandes douleursy jtfqu^a ce qu^on Vatt ote : operation qui demande beaucoup defoin, de peur 

 qu'en rampant lefaCy 'vous ne couri'ez rifque d^une mortification ou gangrene dans la partie, 0^ 

 de la perte d^unejambey cu quelquefois mime de la ^ie,^ -Le ChegOy dansfagrcfjlurnaiur 

 relhy n'excede pasla quatrieme partie d'^une puce ordinaircy 



parott de la grandeur y 13 de la figure ici reprefentee, Defa houchefort un tube creux, comme 

 celui d^ une puce ordinaire y entre les deux antemies : il a fix jambes aifec leurs joi\turesy \3 

 quelque chofe qui r^emble a une qutue, fous laquelle efl reprefente un defies ceifs, qui font fi 

 petits qu^on a de la peine a les difiinguer a Voeii ; mais quiy etant grofifu par un ^verre^ pOf 

 roiffent tels quon les njoit ici* La plus part des pays du Nouveau- Monde, e7itre les deux fro* 

 piques, font infiefles de cette <vermim, Voyez. M. le Che^v, Hans SlqaWI^ Hift, Janv..IntrQi 



P. GXXIV. Si Vol. II. p. 191, 192.. 



mais g^(ij[p par le micro/cope y it 



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Scarahaeus capricorttus minimus cutem penofrans 



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Fig. 4. 



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I^J tiife yeSr 1 7 » c. I Wing at the houfe of his Excellency Mr. Thlnney, tlien Governor 

 of xhl Bahama IJlands, who, as he was fearching of his feet for Chegoes. at the time 

 we were viewing them through a microrcope, produced an odd Inleft on the point 

 of his needle, as at Fig. 4, vyhich he then picked out of his foot. I fhowed it to 

 Negroes and others, and none of them had feen the like. The natural fize of th,s^ 

 Infea was that of the fpot over its head ; but magnified, it appeared of the fize and 



foi-m here exhibited, i think it tnay be called as above. 



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it A'Etrou^aaty en 1725, a Tho/el de fion Ex, Monfieur Vhlnneyy pdur lors Gouverneur 

 JyJ des ties Bahama, comme il etoit a chercker des Chegos afion pie, ^ que nous nous amur 



fions a les confiderer au tra^vers d^un microficopSy il nous montrafiur la pointe defion at*- 

 guilU un InfieBe afj'ex bixcirrey que Pon peut %'oir ici a la Fig. 4. 13 qu il a^vcit pris fiurfick 

 piL ^e le fiis "voir a des negresy 13 ad^uutres habit ans du pays ; ^ il fie trowvji que perfnne 

 n*en a-voit 'vu de fa ^ie de pareiL La groJJ'eur naturelle de l^lnfieSle etoit celle de la tache au 

 deffius de la. tete , jnais grofiji par le micro/cope, il p^roit de la grandeur dont on k 'voit ici» 

 ^epenfie qu^ on peut a<vec quelque raifion le numpier Chego^ .. ^ 



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Blatta- Americana, 



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^le C o € K.- fe b A e it. 



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Tt^ESE are very troublefome and deftruaive Vermin, and are fo numerous ai-.d" 

 vo.acious, that it is impoffibl&to keep viftuals of any kind from being devoured 

 by them, Without clofe covering. They are flat, and fp thin, that few chells or 

 boxescan exclude them. They eat not only leather, parchment, and woollen, but 

 linen and paper.' They difappear in winter, and appear moll numerous in the hotiell. 

 days in fummer. It is at night they commit their depredations,, atid bite people in their 

 beds, efpecially childrens fingers that are greafy. They lay innumerable eggs creeping 

 into the holes of old walls and rubbitti, where they lie torpid all the winter. Some have 

 wingsi and others are without, perhaps of different fex'es . 



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CETTE efipece de Venft'ne efl fort incommodey 13 meme defiruBl've 'y_l3ejf d^ailteitrsft 

 nombreufie^ \3 fit n)ora.ce, qu^il nefi pas pofijihle de garantir aucunes fortes de ^i'vre defa 

 woracitiy Jans les bien cou^rir» Ces hiJeSies Jont plat Sy I3fimincesy quilyapeude 

 caiffies ou^de boites ou ils ne puiffeni entrer : ils mangent non ficukmcnt le cuir^ le.parcheminf 

 13 lalaine ; mats le linge, 13 le papiey : its dfpaj-oifientjn By-very 13 paroiffent en plus grand 

 nombre dans les jours les plus chauds de lEte : cefi pendant la nuit quails fiont I eurs ravages p 

 i3 quils mordent les gens dans leurs lits, 13 fiurtout les doigts des enfiansy cu il ejl refle quelq^ 

 cpofe degras : ils pondent desceitfs fans nombre dg.ns les-trous des 'vieiUcs muraillesy ou ils refient 

 engourdis durant tout Pftyver. Il y en a qui oat dis aUesy ^ d^auires qui n^en ont point : ce 

 fui marque peut eire la difference des f exes • 



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Blatta maxhna fufca peltata. 



Fig. 6. 



TMIS IS tlirc* times Bigger than the common Cockroach. The head and part o£ 

 the thorax was covered with an hemifpherical fhining hard fhield ; from under 

 which proceededtwoothcrmembranesofthelikeconfillence, which covered part 



of the abdomen. The abdomen was croifed with eight annulli of a niining brown co- 

 lour* The face of it had fottiewhat the refemblance of a Monkey. The a^ceniue were 

 about an inch long. It had fix legs, each having three joints, the lowermofl joint fet 

 with fharp prickles, and crooked claws at their ends: Tliey are found in Carohna, 

 What they fubfiil OHj and in what manner they are propagated, I know not, having 

 feen but this one of the kind. 



CET InfiSle efil trois foisplus gros -que le precedent. La ttie^ i3 u^e parile du thorax etoieni 

 couuertes d^un bouclier dur £ff luzfiant, e?ifiorme d^ hcmifipherey au d^ffious duquelfiortoient 

 dtiux autres membranes de la meme conftfiencey qui counjroient une partie de V abdomen: 

 Vahdom^ny oulapinfie, etoit tra'verfee de huit anneaux d^un brun luifant* A Vegard de la 

 f'xey elle a'-voit quelqtie chofie de refjcmhlant a celle d^unfinge : les antenncs a^voient un pouce de 

 longueur, ou environ : il a^voit fix jambes^ ^ a chaque jambe trois jointures, dont la plus bafje 

 etoit armee de point es aigues, avec des paties crochues au bout. On trowve ces Infiedes dans la 

 Caroline. De fi^a^ooir comment ilsyfiubfifienty 13 de quelle maniere ils fie muliiplient^ c^efil ce 

 que je nefaurois direy n ay ant jamais 'vu que celui~ci» 



Scarahmis Peltaius 



Fig. 7. 



' A Membranous yellow Ihield, with a dark brown fpot in the middle of it, covered 

 L\ part of the head and thorax ; the wings covering the remaining part of the body^ 

 -^'^ which were of a dufky purple, mottled with fhining (pots ot the fame colour. 

 It had fix black legi, each leg having two joints only. Each wing was llrengthened 

 within-fide by a thin membranous yellow ridge extending the length of them. The 

 remaining under-part of the wing of a iliining green colour. This Infcd was from 

 Penfyhania, 



T* Y^^ membrane jaune^ en forme de boudieTy a'vec une tache d^un hrun o^fcur au milieih 

 \^ couvroit une partie de la tete, £sf du thorax de cet Eficarhot ; 13 l^i ailes qui etoient 

 d^un pour pre fiomhre, ^ parfiemees de taches luifiantes dela m^me couleur lui cowvroient 

 le refie du corps : il a^voit fix jamhes noiresy ^a chacune deux jointures fieuleme?it : chaque 

 aile etoit fiorti fit e en dedans d'un rebord mince ^ me?nhraneux de couleur jaune, qui s*etendoit 

 tout le long derdlle : le refile du defjous de I'aile etoit d^un 'verd lutjant. Qua eu cet Jnfie^e 



de Penhlvanie. 



