8 Pp. 25. 
j . Hift. Jam. Pag. 303. Tab. 261. Vol. HL. 
The Wbite-crown'd Pigeon. 
@Z\\ is as big as the common 
| fee) tame Pigeon. The Bafis of the 
W, : : Gh, Bill is purple; the end dusky 
eR) white; the Iris of the Eye yel- 
low, with a dusky white Skin 
round it. The Crown of the Head is white ; 

~~ below which it is purple. The Hind-part of 
the Neck is covered with changeable fhi- 
ning green Feathers, edged with black. All 
Legs and Feet are red. -They breéd in 
and are of great advantage to the Inhabi- 
tants, particularly while young. They are ta- 
onwhich they breed. 
‘Tae Cocoa Pium. 
és ee is a Shrub, which grows from Five to Ten Feet high; 
Snot witha fingle Trunc, but with feveral {mall Stems 
_rifing from the Ground, they growing many together in Thickets. 
_ The Flowers grow in Bunches,*are {mall and white, with ma- 
ny Stamina, ‘They produce a Succeffion of Fruit moft part of 
the Summer, which is of the Size and Shape of a large Damfin; 
moft of them blue: Some. Trees produce pale yellow, and fome 
red. Each Plumb contains a Stone fhaped like a Pear, chanulated 
_ with fix Ridges. They grow ufually in low moift Ground: near 
the Sea-fide. 3 : 
{tiff, and fhaped fomewhat like a Heart. The Fruitis efteemed 
wholefome, and hath.a’ {weet lufcious Tafte. The Spaniards 
at Cuba make a Conferve of them; -by prefef¥ing them in Sugar. 
the reft of the Bird is of a dusky blew; the, “/” : ee 
1 pies font rouges. Il multiple beaucoup 
great Numbers on all the Bahama-Iands, ns piles tsdies ae Ba | Ejeet 
@un grand fecours aux Habitans, fur 



The Leaves are as broad as a Crown, thick, - 
Pigeon a la Couronne blanche. 
BAL eft de la mime grandeur que 
Box! /es Pigeons domeftiques ordi- 
. naires. La bafe de fon bec 
1 eft pourpre: L’lris de fes 
yeux jaune, entourée dune peau blanchatre — 
Le deffusde fa téte eft blanc, & plus bas 
elle eft pourpre. Le deffus de foncott eft cou- 


vert de plumes vertes changeantes, bor- 
dées de noires* Tout le refte de fon corps 
eft, Pun bleu foncée. Ses jambes & fes 
tout lors qwils font encore jeunes; car 
q | 
ve ey : _, on en prend une infimité dans les rochers 
_ ken in great quantities from off the Rocks - P wp 
ou ils font leurs nids. | 
; 3 | | . oO. , | | 
Erucex colin fere foliowraffe, in fummitate deliquium patiente, frubtu ovali ceruleo 
: eS 3 officulum angulofum continente. — | | 
Prune de Cacao. 
Ce ST un Buiffon qui croft depuis cing jufques a dix piés de 
* hauteur. Il pouffe plufieurs tiges a la fois, qui 8 event enfem- 
ble & forment un Buifon. Ses fleurs viennent par gee Elles 
font blanches, petites, & ont plufieurs Etamines. I produit prefque 
tout V Eité des fruits qui fe fuccédent les unsaux autres. Us reffem-~. 
blent @ une groffe Prune de Damas, & font la’ plufpart bleus. Quel- 
ques arbres en produifent de rouges ; quelques autres en produifent 
dun Faune pale. Chaque Prune contient un noyau fait en Poire, 
avec fix canelures. ls croiffent @’ ordinaire dans un Terroir bas €8 
humide proche le bord dela Mer, Leurs feUilles font aufii larges 
quun Eicu, epaifes & roides. Elles ont @ peu-pres la figure d'un 
Geur. On en croit le fruit trés-fain: fon goitt eft dour-€ fade: 
Les Efpagnals a Cuba en font une Conferve. 2 
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