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L'Oifeau des Tropiques. 



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5' HE tail of this Bird is generally, thougli erro- 

 ncoufly, reported by unobfcrvingmariners, to 

 •confift of but one feather. Mr. Wtllughby^ 



defcription ofit^ though very particular, was 

 from a dried cafe cf the Bird, which^ by be- 

 ing defe'ftfve, feems to be the caufc why his 



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A queiie de cet Oifeau paffe generalementy quot que 

 fmijfementy pour ri avoir qu' tine feule plume. Cettt 

 erreur eft due au rapport de quelques gens de Mer^ 

 qui nejont pas grands ohjervateurs. La defcription^ 

 qu'en donne Mr, Willughby, quoi que tres parti- 

 cularijee^futjaitefur un de ces Oijeaux^ deja mort 



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defcription differs fome what from ours, which & defjeche depuis quelque temps ^ ce qui na pu que la rendre defe5lu^ 



The legs in his, by long keep- eufe^ & tin peu differente ^f la notre^ qui a etejaite d'apres POi^ 



ing^ bad loft their red colour, which all that I havefeco, while feau vivant. Lesjambes dtifien avoient a la longtie perdu la couleur 



iiviiig, have. This Bird is about the fize of a Partridge, and has 

 very long wings. The bill is red, with an angle under the 

 lowc 



rouge ^ qu' avoient celles de tous ceux quefai vus en vie. Cet Oifeau 

 eft environ de lagrojjeur d'une perdrix^ & a les ailesfort Ungues. Le 



mandible, like thofe of the Gull kind, of which it is a bee eji rouge ^dn)ecun angle jous'iamandibi^e injirieure^comme dani 



ipeCie^. "The eyes are encompaffed with black, which ends in les autres fortes deMouettes^dont cdui-ci efi une efpece. Les yeux font 



a point towards the back of the head. Three or four of the envir onnes dejioir^ qui feter mine en point e vers lederriere delatete^ 



larger quill-feathers, towards their ends, are black, tipped with Trois ou quatre des plus groffes plumes fott noires,& marquees deblanc 



\vhite : all the reft of the Bird is white, except the tack, which vers leurs extremites. Tout le rcfle de V Oifeau eft blanCy excepte le dos. 



is variegated with curved lines of black. 



The legs and feet are 



qiii eft bigarre de lignes courbes noire s. Les fambes^ & les pies font 



of a ■vermilion red. The toes are webbed. The tail confifts d'un rouge de vermilion: les aoigts jont garnisde membranes. La 

 of two lono; ftrait narrow feathers, almoft of equal breadth from Qiteiie confifle en deux longues plumes droites •& firrees^ d'une largeur 



their quills to their points. 



Thefe Birds are rarely feen but between 



prefqu^gaky depuis le tuyaujufqua la point e. 



On 7je voit gueres ces Oifeaux qiientre les Tropiques^ & a une 



remoteft diftance from land. Their name feems to imply the diftance tres Boignie de terre. Leur nomjemble marquer les limit es 

 limits cif their abode;^ and tho' they are feidom feen but a few de leur fij our i,^ quoi quon les voye rarement a quelques degres au 



degrees north or fouth of either Tropick, yet one of their breed- 

 ing-places is almoft nine degrees from the northern Tropick, w^:. 

 at Bermudas ; where, from the high rocks that environ thofe 



dela des Tropiques ^ cependant un des lieux oil ils multiplient, eft 

 ehigne du Tropique Septentrional de pres de neuf degres : j*entend 

 les lies Bermudes, oujen ai tue a coups de fulfil^ dans le temps de 

 Iflands, I have ftiot them at the time of their breeding : but thofe leur couvee^ de deffus les hauls rochers qui enviromient ces ties 3 mais 

 clifts being inaccefTible, prevented my feeing their nefts and eggs. comme les jentes de ces rochers font inaccejjiblesje nai puparvenir 



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on fome little Iflands at the ni a leurs nids^ ni a leurs ceufs. Ils nicheitt encore en grand nombre 



dans quelques petites lies a VEft de Porto-Rico, 



Larus minimus marinus^ naribm tuhutatis. 



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"The Storm-Finck, or Pittrel. 



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THIS Is about the fize of a Chaffinch. The whole Bird, except 

 the rump, which is white, is of a dufky brown colour : 

 the back being fomewhat darker than the belly. The bill is half 

 an inv^'h 'long, flender, dark brown, and crooked at the end. 

 By opening the head of one of thefe Birds, I found that the 

 noftrils confifted of two parallel tubes, proceeding from within 

 the head, and running half-way along the upper mandible of the 

 bill, forming thereon a protuberance, 

 inch beyond the tail. 



The wings extended an 

 The kgs were flender. The feet were 



webbed with a very fmall claw on each heel, without a toe. They 

 rove all ovtv t\\t Jtlantick Ocean, and are feen on the coafts of 

 America z%^ti\ 2i% on thofe oH Europe^ and many hundred league's 

 from each fliorc. Their appearance is generally believed by 

 mariners tb prognofticate a ftorm, or bad weather; and I mufl: 

 confefs I never faw them but in a troubled fea. They ufe their 



and feet with furprifing celerity. Their wings are long, 



. and refemble thofe of Swallows, with which they are equally 



fwift, but without making fuch angles or fliort turns in their 



flight, as Swallows do, but fly in a direft line. Though their 



,feet are formed for fwimming, they are likewife fo for running, 



^ which ufe they feem moft to put them to, being ofteneft kta 



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Le Pinfon de Mer, ou de Tempete, i 



QELUI'CI eft a pu pres de la grojfeur d^un pinfon. UOtfeatt en- 

 tier^ excepte le croupim qui eft hlanc^ eft d^une couleur fombre £f? 



^bfcur que le ventre, Le bee a un demi 



try £s? croehu au bout. En ou- 



eft inime^ d^wt brun oh ft 



OifeatiXy je trouvai que les narines confift 



•ndibule ftiperieure^ ou ils ft 



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nence. 



font 



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lesjambesfo 



^sftir r Ocean Atlantique ; £5? on les vcit fi 

 'iffi bien que ft 



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terre. Les gens de Mer^ des qu'ils les upper ^oiventy crcr/ent gemralement 



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eft un pronofttc d^ tempite^ ou de 7naiivais temps \ i^ il U 



'jfembknt 

 ejje^ mats fans f 



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'vol: au contraire ils voknt en ligne dire tie. ^oi que leurs pies foyeni 

 formes pour nager, ils le font auffi pour courir ; i3 c'eft Vtifage quits en 

 font le plus fouvent-y car on les voit tres frequemment courir avec vitejfe 



in the adtion of running fwiftly on the farface of the waves in fur la furface des vagues dans leur plus grande agitation^ enfeft 



their greaceft agitation, but with the affiftance of their wings. 



The Storm-Fincky in Hoierh Epiftle to Clufms^ is the Bird here 

 defcribed; and though its noftrils give it fo Angular a charac- 

 teriftick, and that they are fo numerous in all our adjacent feas, 

 yet they have not been figured before, nor fufficiendy defcribed. 

 As contrarily remarkable it is, that Mr. Edwards^ in his Om- 

 thology^ lately publilhed, has fortunately brought to 

 'knowledge of three more of this genus not known before, which 

 he has well defcribed and figured. This Bird, with the three 



beforementioned, feem to me apparently of the Gull kind. 



tffi 



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eft le meme Oifeau qui eft 



Mr. Hoier a Mr, 



cara£leriftique toute ftngulierCy t? que ces Oifeaux foy 

 ms nos Mers circonvoifmes^ aucun auteur n'en a donn 



light the 



defcription s font tres defe£!eufe 



All 



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iffance de trois autres Oife 



defcriptions & des figures juft 



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deffus menlionmsy me parcijfent etre du genre des Mcuettes 



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