TRAVELS IN 
Charadrus. The Plover kind. 
* Charadrus vocifefus ; the kildea or chattering 
plover. 
* C. maculatus ; the great field fpotted plover, 
* C. minor ; the little feafide ring necked plover, 
* Hsematopus oflrealegus j the will wiilet or 
. oyfter catcher. 
|| Fulica Floridana ; the great blue or flare co- 
loured coot of Florida. 
* Rallus Virginianus ; the foree bird or little 
brown rail, alfo called widgeon in Pennfyl. 
J R. acquatieus minor j the little dark, blue water 
rail. . % 
* R. rufus Americanus ; the greater brown rail. 
I| R. major fubcasruleus ; the blue or flate co- 
loured water rail of Florida. 
* Phoenicopterus - ruber ; the flamingo, feen 
about the point of Florida, rarely as far N, 
as St, Auguftine, 
I am convinced there are yet feveral kinds of 
land birds, and a great number of aquatic fowl, that 
have not come under my particular notice ; there- 
fore fhall leave them to the investigation of future 
travelling naturalifts of greater ability and in- 
duftry. 
There yet remain fqme obfervations on the paf- 
fage, and breeding of birds, &c. which may be 
proper to notice in this place. 
I fha?l firfi: mention the rice bird, (emberiza 
oryzivora.) It is the commonly received opinion 
that they are male and female of the fame fpecies, 
i. e. the black pied rice bird the male, and a yel- 
lowifh clay coloured one the female : the laft men- 
tioned appearing ^only in the autumn, when the 
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