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ample and curious Defcription of this Bird, in franf 
aft. N° iso. 
Keratophyton fruficis fpecte , nigrum. 
jS- Grus Americana alba. The Hooping Crane. 
Prrnus Buxi folio cordato , fruttu nigro rotundo. 
The Bullet-Bulk 
76. Ardaa c ter idea. The blue Heron. 
7 7. Ardrca alba minor Carolinenjis. The little 
white Heron. 
Ketmia frutefcens glauca , Aceris majoris folio, 
long 'tore ferrato, jlore cameo. 
78. Ardea Stellaris Americana. The brown 
Bittern. 
79. Ardea Stellaris drift at a Americana. The 
Crefted Bittern. They breed in the Bahama Iflands, . 
where the young ones, tho’ almoft full grown, will 
fuffer themfelves to be taken by Hand. They are 
reckon’d good Meat. They are there called Crab - 
Catchers , becaufe they moftly fubfift on Crabs. . 
Lobelia frutefcens , Portulac £ folio. Plumier. 
Nov. Gen. p. zi. 
80. Ardea Stellaris minima. The frnall Bittern. 
Fraxinus Carolinenfts , foliis anguftioribus utrin- 
que acuminatis, pendulis. The pointed- leaved Afli 
of Carolina. 
The Plants mark’d (f) are fuch as the Author hath 
raifed himfelf in the late Mr. Fairchild's, now 
Mr. Bacon's Garden at Hoxton , and which he hath; 
found by Experience to bear our Climate in Winter, 
without any Shelter. 
