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is very large, commonly sixteen inches or a foot 

 and a half long ; having all the properties that oth- 

 er loaches have, and dwells in pools and waters as 

 they do. ITot withstanding, we have the same 

 loach as you have in bigness. This is all that at 

 present I shall mention, touching the insects, and 

 go on to give an account of the fowls and birds 

 that are properly found in Carolina, which are 

 these : 



BIRDS OF CAROLINA. 



Birds in America more beautiful than in Europe. 

 Eagle bald. 

 Eagle gray. 

 Fishing hawk. 

 Turkey buzzard, or vulture. 

 Herring-tailed hawk. 

 Goshawk. 

 Falcon. 

 Merlin. 



Sparrow hawk. 

 Hobby. . 

 Jay. 



Green Plover. 

 Plover gray or whistling. 

 Pigeon. 

 Turtledove. 

 Parrakeeto. 

 Thrush. 



Woodpeckers, five sorts. 

 Mockingbirds, two sorts. 



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