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8. Hirundo , cauda aculeata , Americana . The 
American Swallow. 
The -Singularity of this Bird is, that the Shafts of 
the Tail Feathers are very ftifF, fharp-pointed, and 
bare of Feathers at their Ends, which feem defigned 
by Nature for the Support of their Bodies, while 
they are in an ere.dt Pollute, building their Nefts ; 
which they do in Chimnies, with little Sticks inter- 
woven and cemented together with a kind of Glue 
or Gum. 
This Bird arrives and retires from Carolina peri- 
odically, and agrees with the Defcription of Mnrgra- 
• vzus’s Andorinha of Brazil 5 except that he takes 
no notice of the Spines in the Tail ; which he might 
probably overlook. Could it be afeertained, that 
this and Margrave s Andorinha were the fame, it 
would, I think, confirm that mod probable Hypo- 
thecs, that Birds of PafTage (particularly Swallows) 
pafs in our Winter to the fame Latitude in the 
Southern Hemifphere, as the Northern Latitude, 
from whence they came. 
Lilium anguflifolium , fore ruhro fingulari. The 
red Penfylvanian Lily- This Lily comes faomBen- 
fylvania. It agrees with our Climate. 
9. Pomifera, feu potius Prunifera Indie a, mice 
reniformi , fummo pomo innafeente Cajous vel Aca- 
jous dill a. Rail Hift. Cat. Jam. The Cajou or 
CaJJu Tree. 
This forms a regular-headed handfome Tree, pro- 
ducing beautiful fragrant Flowers fucceeded by its 
wholfome and nutritious Fruit, which is alfo of lin- 
gular Stru&ure and Beauty : The Stem of the Fruit 
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