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R I N G I L L A^ B A H A M E N s Is. 



The 



Finch. 



weighs 



fourteen Penny 

 Weight. The Head is black; 

 except a white Line which 



riios from the Bill over the 



Eye, and another under the Eye. The 

 Throat is black, except a yellow Spot, clofc 

 under the Bill. The Breaft is Orange-co- 

 lour'd; the Belly white; the Upper-part of 

 the Neck and the Rump, of a dusky Red; the 

 Back black; the Wings and Tail brown, 

 with a Mixture of white; the Legs and 

 Feet, Lead-Colour. Thefe Birds are fre- 

 quent on many of the Bahama lilandsi 



Pincon de Bahama. 



L pèfe fix drachmes, j^^ 



the eft mire, excepté i 



raye blanche, qui i étend i, 



puts le ^^^, >/^,',,^. 



jus de Fœtl, £j un autre au deffous-^ t 



gorge eB toute ^ ^''^^^^ hors une tache jam, 

 fituée immédiatement fous k hec r 

 poitriJie eft orange; foît ventre blanc; k 

 de fus dueol&idueroupion, d'unrouuùl 

 feur.^ Son dos eft noir; fer ailes if fa queue 

 font brunes, mêlées de blanc; fesjamks'd 

 fes pieds font couleur de plomb, ùsoi- 

 féaux font communs en plufieurs des ifi^s 

 Bahama. 



^ yirbor Guajaci latiore folio, Bignoni^ flore c^ruleo, fruBuduro in duas partes 



diftUente, feminibus alatis imbricatîm pofitis, 



The broad leaf d Guaicum, with blew Flowers. Arbre de Guaiac, aux fleurs blues. 



T H I s is a Tree of a Middle-Size. The Leaves are wing- 

 ed, with many fmall pointed alternate Lobes. In May 

 there proceeds from the Ends of its Branches feveral fpreading 

 Foot-ftalks bearing blew Flowers, in Form not unlike thofe of 

 the Fox-glove, which are fucceeded by large flat roundifli Seed- 

 VelTels, or Pods, commonly two Inches over, containing many 

 fmall flat winged Seeds. This Tree grows on feveral of the 

 Bahama lilands, particularly near the Town of Nafaw on the 

 Ifland of PrûivVtv/ft'. 



/O U T arbre efi iune grandeur mediocre. Ses fiuîlles font pin- 

 tu'ès, oppojees alternativement k long des tiges. Au mhit 

 May il fort de V extrémité de fes branches flufieurs tign, ({ui Urn- 

 tent les unes des autres, qui portent des fieurs affezfemhkhbàak 

 de la Gantelée. Elles font fuivies par de grandes cops, prefiui rm. 

 des, & ordinairement de deux pouces de diamètre ; danskf^uésjsd 

 renfermées plufeurs petites Jémences plates, ailées. Cetarhnént 

 en plufieurs des ifles Bahama ; Jur tout aux emirpm de la ék ^i 

 NafTau dans Vif e de la Providence, 



