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The Cock REED-BIRD, which is 
figured on the tree, is black, except a red- 
difh-yellow fpot on the hinder part of the 
neck, and the covert-feathers of the 
wings and the rump, which are white : 
The bill is lead-coloured, and the legs are 
brown. The Hen Reed-Bird is figured 
under the Hawk’s feet : it is brown on its 
upper fide, and whitifh tinged with yellow 
on its under fide : the bill is flefh-coloured, 
and the legs are brown. 
The Marfh-Hawk is engraved from a 
drawing done from the life in Penfilvania, 
and fent to me, by my obliging friend 
Mr. William Bartram, a native of that 
country. The Reed-Birds are the fame 
that Catefby calls Rice- Birds ; which fee 
figured and defcribed in his Hifiory of 
Carolina, vol. I. p. 14. Mr. Bartram fays, 
the Marfh-Hawk frequents the marfhes in 
the fummer feafon, and feeds upon Reed- 
Birds, Frogs, Snakes, Lizards, &c. They 
retire from Penfilvania at the approach of 
winter. As I do not find this Hawk de- 
fcribed by Catefby or any other author, I 
was unwilling to flip the opportunity of 
giving its figure. Tho’ I have not feen 
the Bird itfelf, I have great reafon to think 
Mr. Bartram very eorredt in his drawing, 
and exa£t in his colouring, having com- 
pared many of his drawings with the na- 
tural fubje&s, and found a very good agree- 
ment between them. The Rice- Birds are 
thrown into the plate by way of decoration: 
they are copied in miniature from Catefby *s 
book, though in attitudes different from his 
figures. They are fomewhat bigger than 
a Lark. 
L’ORTOLAN Male , qui ejl reprefente 
perche fur an arbre, ejl noir, excepte une tache 
Fun jaune rougeatre, quil a fur le derriere 
du con , et les couvertures des ailes avec le 
croup ion, qui font blanches ; le bee ejl couleur 
de plomb, et les pattes font brunes. La fe- 
melle de cet Oifeau ejl reprefentee fous les ferres 
du Faucon : elle ejl brune fur le dos, et blan- 
ch dtre nuance de jaune , fur le ventre : le bee 
en ejl couleur de chair , et les pattes font 
brunes. 
Jai grave le Faucon de Marais d'apres un 
dejj'ein fait fur l' oifeau meme en Penfilvanie, 
et qui ni a etc envoy e par mon tris oblige ant ami 
M. GuiL Bartram ne dans ce pays- la. Les 
oifeaux , que jappelle Oifeaux de Jonc , font 
les memes que Catefby nomme Oifeaux de Ris , 
que fon FraduBeur a rendu s par Ortolans 
de la Caroline *. M. Bartram dit que le 
Faucon frequent e les marais en ete, quil Jc 
nourit d'Oifeaux de Jonc , on d' Ortolans, de 
Grenouilles , de Serpents , de Lezards , &c. 
et quil fe retire de Fenfilvanie aux approches 
de Thiver. Comrne je ne trouve ce Faucon de- 
ait ni par Catefby , ni par aucun autre au- 
theur , je riai pas voulu manquer Voccafion 
d'en donner la figure . Quoique je naie pas 
vii 1' oifeau meme , j* at tout lieu de croire , que 
M. Bartram ejl tres correB dans fa maniere 
de defiiner , et tres exaB dans le colons , ay ant 
compare plufieurs de fes defjeins avec les fit - 
jets naturels , et les ayant trouves fort ref- 
femblants . Les Ortolans font introduits dans 
la planche par voye d'ornement : Je les at 
copies en mignature du livre de Cate Joy, quoi - 
quen des attitudes differentes de celles de fes 
figures . Ils font un pen plus gros qiiune 
AUouette . 
