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The Pigeon of P MC. 
T is about the fize of our Englifh 
=244, Wood-Pigeon ; the Bill black; the 
Ji") iris of the Eye red; the Head duf- 

pe) (C4 ted. Above the fhoulder of the Wing 
ae i, patch of feathers that fhines like 
_ Gold ; the wing colour’d like the head, having fome 
few {pots of black, (except that the larger feathers of | 
it are dark brown) with fome white on their exte- 
rior vanes. The Tailis very long, covered with a 
the reft are white; the 
Legs and Feet red. | : 
Of thefe there come in Winter to Virginia and 
Carolina, from the North, incredible Numbers ; in-. 
fomuch that in fome places where they rooft (which 
x they do on one another’s Backs) they often break 
~ down the limbs of Oaks with their weight, and 
leave their Dung {ome Inches thick under the Trees 
they rooft on. Where they light, they fo effettual- 
ly clear the Woods of Acorns and other Maft, that — 
~_ the Hogs that come after them, to the detriment of 
the Planters, fare very poorly. In Virginia I have 
feen them fly in fuch continued trains three days 
fucceffively, that there was not the leaft Interval in 
loofing fight of them, but that fome where or other 
inthe Aur they were to be feen continuing their 
flight South. In mild Winters there are few or none 
to be feen. 
the greaterplenty and variety of Matt, Berries, &c. 
which they are deprived of in the North by conti- 
nual Froft and Snow. oe | OS 
‘Th their paffage the People of New-York and 
Philadelphia foot many of them as they fly, from 
their Balconies and Tops of Houfes 5 and in New- 
: _ Englind there are fuch Numbers, that with long 
Poles they knock them down from their Roofts in 
~ the Night in great numbers. The only information 
_ Thavehad from whence they come, and their places 
' of breeding, was trom a Canada Indron, 
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the fides of Rivers and Lokes far North cf the Ri- 
—-ver St: Lawrence, where 2 iaic he thot them. It is 
remarkable that none are ever {een to return, at 
leaft this way, and what other ‘Rout they may 
take is unknown. | : | | 

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UMBUS MIGRATORIUS. 
Pigeon de Paflage. 
Ee) L est environ de Ja groffeur du Rami+ 
Be | er Angtois. Son bec eft blanc, Lirts de 
S22) fes yeux rouge, fa téte d'un bleu ob- 
oes| cur, fa poitrine &9 fon ventre d'un 
NVZ| rouge pale. Au deffus de Pépaule il a 
~ une tache ronde qui brille comme de — 
LOr: fes ailes font de la méme couleur que fa téte, 
avec un petit nombre de taches noives, (excepté que 
les grandes. plumes jont dun brun obfcur,) &F ontun 
peu de blanc fur leur frange exterieure; la queué — 

eft fort longue, couverte d'une plume noire’: celles qui 
font au deffous font blanches, fesjambes & fes piés 
font rouges. — a8 . | 2 
Ll vient-du Nord en Ja Caroline &% da Virginie uz 
nombre incroiable de ces Pigeons, de forte que dans 
Jes endroits ou tls fe perchent, ce quwils font fur les 
dos les uns des autres, tls caffent Jouvent par leur 
pefanteur les branches de Chénes, &8 laiffent quel- 
ques pouces d’épailjeur de leur fiente fous les arbres 
ow ils fe font pofés. Dans les lieux ox ils Sarrétent 
wls dépouillent tellement les Chénes de leur gland 
quil wen refle point pour les Cochons, ce qui weft 
pas une petite perte pour les Habitans. Ie les ai vit 
a ta Virginie pendant trois jours confécutifs voler 
vers le Sud enbandes, qui fe fuivoient de fi prés qu- 
il wetoit pas poffible de trouver un inftant ou Lon 
nen appercut quelques-uns en f Air fuivant la méme 
route. ‘Pendant les Hyvers temperés on nen voit 
point ou trés-peu. Les rudes Hyvers les chaffent 
vers le Sud, ou ils trouvent une plus grande abon- 
dance &% plus de forte de glandées, de Bayes &¥c, 
dont il font abfolument privés dans le Nord a caufe 
des neiges &§ des gelées continuelles. 3 
A Niewport & a Philadelphie tandis qwils paf- 
fent on les tire de deffus les Balcons & les toits des 
maifons; &5 a la Nouvelle Angleterre / y en a un fi 
grand nombre qwon les fait tomber avec de longues 
perches des endroits on ils fe juchent pendant la nuit. 
le wait rien pu favoir des lienx d’on ils viennent &3 
on ws font leurs Petits one parui Ind 
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nir aucun, du moins de ce cété la. On ignore abfolu- 
ment quel chemin ys prennent. oo” 
— Ouercus Efcuh divifura foliis amphoribus aculeatis. Pluk. Phytog. Tab, LIV. 
THE RED O«x. 
“H E Leaves of this Oak retain no certain form; but {port 
_ into various fhapes more than other Oaks do. The Bark 
is dark colour’d, very thick and ftrong, and for tanning preferable 
toany other kindof Oak; the grain is courfe, the Wood fpon- 
- gy, and not durable. They grow on high land: the Acorns vary 
in fhape, as appears by the figures of them; they being from the 
fame kind of Oak. 
woe Chéne rouge. 
EL ES feuilles dece Chéne ont point de figure determinée ; mais 
—4 elles font beaucoup plus varies entr elles que celles des autres 
Chénes. L’écorce de cet arbre eft d'un brunobjfcur, tres-épaiffe S tros- 
forte ; elle eft préférableadtoute autre pour tanner. Son boisa le grain - 
groffer: il eft fpongreux & peu durable. Il croit dans un terroir dé 
vé: fes glands font de différente forme, comme il paroit par la Plan- 
che. Tous ceux qui y font reprefentds appartiennent au Chéne rouge, 



