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Arum Aquaticum minus', five Arif arum fuu 
tans , Pene nudo, Virginianum, D. Banifter. Pluk. 
MantiJJ. 2.8. 
83. Numenius fufcus. The brown Curlew. 
Arum , Sagitt aria folio angufio , acumine & au . 
riculis acutijfimis. 
84. Numenius Ruber. The Red Curlew. 
85. Hamatopus , Will. p. zpj. Rellon. Lib. III. 
p.203. The Oyfter-Catcher, fo called, becaufe it 
feeds upon Oyfters, which it finds gaping when left 
dry on the Banks at low Water. 
Frutex Bahamenfis , foliis oblongis fucculentis 
fruflu fubrotundo unicum nucleum continent e. The 
Bark of this fmall Tree is ufed for tanning Sole- 
Leather. 
86. Anferi Baffano congener. Avis fuviatilis. 
The great Booby. 
An fihymelaa foliis obtufis ? 
87. Anferi Baffano ajfinis fufca Avis. Sloane 
Hift. Jamaic. The Booby. This Birds feeds on 
Filh, diving under Water after them, but is often 
robbed of his Prey by another voracious Bird, called 
the Man of War Bird [or Albitrojfe’] The frequent 
Cornells between thefe Birds are very diverting. The 
Author was credibly inform’d, that while the Albi- 
trojfe are fetting and hatching their Young, their 
Heads change from Brown to Scarier, and become 
Brown again afterwards, 
88. Hirundo Marina minor capite albo. Sloane 
Hifi. Jamaic. p. 31. The Noddy. Thefe and 
the Boobies are fuch Itupid Birds as to fuffer one 
to take them by Hand. 
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