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this bird from Clufius, and fays, it is a 
native ofEthiopia. See Willughby’s Orni- 
thology, Englifh, p. 119. Barbot, in his 
Hiflory of Guiney, Englifh, p. 220, has 
given a figure and pretty full defcription 
of it ; and fays, it is very deftrudlive to 
the corn-fields, Albin has figured and 
defcribed it in his Hiftory of Birds, vol. III. 
p. 15, and fays, without any authority, 
that it comes from the Eaft Indies. Seba, 
vol. II. p. 40, calls it the Little Parrakeet 
of America, painted of divers colours. 
Others make its native place Brafil. The 
reafon of this variety of accounts is, that 
this bird is generally brought to us by fhips 
whofe laft departure was from America ; 
for they who trade to Guiney rarely return 
diredly from thence to Europe , but, in 
purfuance of their abominable and unna- 
tural traffick in the human fpecies, fail 
with fhip-loads of Negroes to the American 
colonies, where they fell the unhappy 
wretches, as civilized people do brute 
beads ; after which they return to Europe 
with their ill-acquired gains : fo that what 
comes to us by this channel is often taken 
for the produce of America, though it is 
originally from Africa ; as is the cafe of 
the bird before us, which I am certain, 
by all I can learn, is a native of Africa, 
and not bred at all in America. 
The Maryland Yellow-Throat. 
HpHE lower figure in the annexed plate 
^ reprefents this bird of its natural big- 
nefs. It feems to be of that tribe of birds 
generally called Fly-catchers. 
The bill is (Iraight, (lender, (harp- 
pointed, and of a brown colour : round 
the upper chap of the bill are black fea- 
thers, which pafs on each fide of the 
head, and tend downwards towards the 
defcription de cet oifeait , et dit qiiil eft natif 
d'Ethiopie Barbot a donne une figure , 
et une affez ample defcription de cet oifeau , 
et dit quil fait beaucoup de mal aux grams 
a la camp ague -f*. Albin l" a aufii define et 
deer it ; il dit fans auciine autorite quil 
vient des hides Orient ales §. Seba I'appelfo 
la Petite Perruc'be d’ Ameriaue, peinte de 
diverfes couleurs |[. D' autre s le font naitre 
au BrefiL La diverfte de ces recits vient 
de ce que ces oifeanx nous font appertes par 
des vaiffeaux , qui par tent en dernier lieu 
d'Amerique. Car ceux qui trafquent en 
Guinee nen reviennent prefque jamais di- 
r element en Europe ; mais en confequence de 
leur abominable et barba're commerce de chair 
humaine y il y chargent leurs vaiffeaux de Ne- 
gres, et Je rendent aux colonies dAmenque, 
oil ils vendent ces pauvres miferabks, comme 
les gens civilife's vendent les hi es brutes ; a- 
pres quoi ils sen reviennent en Europe avec 
leur gain mal acquis . De forte que ce qui 
nous * vient par cette voye pafie fouvent pour 
etre d'Amerique , quoique ce fit originaire - 
ment du produit dAfrique \ ce qui ejl le cas 
a I'cgard de cet oifeau- ci, qui felon tout ce 
que fen ai pu apprendre , ef certainement 
dAfrique, et ne fe trouve point du tout er$ 
Amerique . 
La Gorge jaune de Maryland. 
turelle , il me paroit etre de la famille de 
ceux qu'on appelle en general Moucherolles . 
Le bee ejl droit , menu, foit aigu et brim ; 
* Voy, Willnghby Ornitli. Ang. p. 119, 
f Hitt, de Guinee, Ang. p. 22c. 
§ Albin Hitt, of Birds, tom. III. p. 15. 
|j Seba, tom. II. p. 40, 
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