TRAVELS IM 
Char adr us. The Plover kind. 
Charadrus vociferys; the kildea or chattering 
plover. 
* C. maculatus ; the great field fpotted plover. 
* C. minor ; the little feafi.de ring necked plover. 
* Haematopus oftrealegus ; the will willet or oy- 
Her catcher. 
j| Fulica Fioridana ; the great blue or flate co« 
loured coot of Florida. 
* Rallus Virginianus ; the foree bird or little 
brown rail, alfo called widgeon in Pennfyl. 
J R. aquaticus minor ; the little dark blue water 
rail. 
* R. rufus Americanos ; the greater brown rail. 
|| R. major fubcaeruleus ; the blue or flate co- 
loured water rail of Florida. 
% ^hoenicopteru 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 (hail le^ve them to me inveftigation of future 
travelling naturalifts of greater ability and induf- 
try. 
There yet remain fome obfervations on the paf- 
fage, and breeding of birds, &c. which may be pro- 
per to notice in tnis place. 
I fhall firft mention the rice bird, (emberiza 
oryzivora.) It the commonly received opinion 
that they are male and female of the fame fpecies, 
i. e. the black pied rice bird the maie, and a yel- 
lowifh clay colou ed one the female : the lad men- 
tioned appearing only in the autumn, when the, 
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