TRAVELS IN 
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Charadrus. The Plover kind. 
* Charadrus vociferus ; the kildea or chattering 
plover. 
* C. maculatus ; the great field fpotted plover. 
* C. minor ; the little feafide ring necked plover. 
* Hasmatopus oftrealegus j the will willet or 
oyfler catcher. 
|| Fulica Floridana ; the great blue or Hate co- 
loured coot of Florida. 
* Rallus Virginianus; the foree bird or little 
brown rail, alfo called widgeon in Pennfyl. 
t R- aquaticus minor; the litde dark blue water 
rail. 
* R. rufus Americanus ; the greater brown rail. 
|| R. major fubcaeruleus ; the blue or (late co- 
loured water rail of Florida. 
* Phoenicopterus ruber ; the flamingo, feen 
about the point of Florida, rarely as far N. 
as St. Augufline. 
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 inveftigation of future 
travelling naturalifts of greater ability and in- 
duftry. 
There yet remain fome obfervations on the paf- 
fage, and breeding of birds, &c. which may be 
proper to notice in this place. 
I fhall firft 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- 
Jowifh clay coloured one the female: the laft men- 
tioned appearing only in the autumn, when the 
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