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pofllbly alUfl: the Bird, in running, or flying, or 
both, efpeciallv as the Wings are fhort in pro- 
portion to its heavy Body. They are Natives of 
the Northern Parts of America. Lord Wilmington 
had one of thefe Birds at Chifwick. 
Meadia. So called in Honour of Dr. Mead . 
The Leaves of this Plant rcfemble thofe of a Let- 
tuce, from which rifes a Angle Stalk, about a Foot 
high j on the Summit of which are fixed many rec- 
tilinear Footftaiks, on every one of which hang pen- 
dent a Angle purple Flower, which is monopeta- 
lous, fomewhat refembling the Autumn Cyclamen . 
This is a very ornamental Plant, and flowers yearly 
at Mr. Collinforis Garden at c Peckha?n . 
2. Scolopendra . This is a very venomous Infeft, 
feldom found without the Tropics, being mod nu- 
merous in the hotteft Regions. Their offending 
Weapon is a Pair of Forceps , armed with two fharp 
Points, which meet when they bite, and caufe a 
very acute Pain for eight or ten Hours, abating very 
gradually. Theit Bite is faid to be as bad as that 
of the Scorpion. 
Hamamelis . This Winter flowering Shrub was 
fent to the Author from Virginia, and arrived at 
Chrijlmas , full of yellowifh Flowers. 
3. Monedula , tot a nigra. Hift. Jam. 2^8. Vol, 2. 
The Razor-bill’d Black-bird of Jamaica. 
The Angular Make of the Bill of this Bird diftin- 
guifhes it from others ; the upper Mandible being re- 
markably prominent, riflng arch-wife, with a high 
and very thin Edge. They appear in numerous 
Flights 
