
f  fURDUS PILARIS, 
I iiides rugs alttistds,~ 
The Fieldfare of Carolina 
r¢ A EIGHS two ounces three 

fhape of the European Field- 
2=| fare. That part of the Bill, 
ext the Head, is yellow. Over and un- 

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der the Eye are two white ftreaks. The up- 
per part of the Headis black, with a mix- 
~tureof Brown. The Wings and upper part 
— of the Body brown: The Tail dark-brown: 
‘The Throat black and white: The Breaft 
and Belly red: The Legs and Feet brown. 
In Winter they arrive from the North in. 
2 — Virginia and Carolina, i numerous 
Flights, and return in the Spring as ours 
in England. They are canorous, having a 
loud Cry like our Miffel-bird, which the 
following Accident pave me an procin 
ty of knowing: Having fome Trees of 
Adaternus fall of Berries (which were the 
firft that had been introduced in Virginia) 
a fingle Feildfare feemed fo delighted with 
the Berries,that he tarried all the Summer 

feeding on them. In Maryland, I am told, 
they breed and abide the whole year. 
hig 
Ture SNAKE-ROOT OF VIRGINIA. 
|HIIS Plant rifes out of the Ground in one, two, and fome- 
times three pliant Stalks, which at every little di- 
ftance are crooked, or undulated. The Leaves ftand alternately, 
and are about three inches long, in form fomewhat like the Smz- 
lax afpera. The Flowers grow clofe to the ground on foot-ftalks 
an inch long, of a fingularfhape, though fomewhat refembling 
~ thofe of the Birthworts, of a dark purple colour. A round cha- 
 nulated cap/ula fucceeds the Flower, containing many {mall 
Seeds, which are ripe in May. The ufual price of this excellent 
Root, both in Virginia and Carolina, is about fix pence a Pound 
when dryed, which is Money hardly earned. Yet the Negro 
~ Slaves (who only dig it) employ much of the little time allowed 
them by their Mafters in fearch of it; which is the Caufe of there 
being feldom found any but very {mall Plants. By planting them 
in a Garden they increafed fo in two years time, that one’s hand 
could not grafp the ftalks of one Plant. It delights in fhady 
Woods, and is ufually found at the Roots of great Trees. 
quarters; about the fize and. 
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MIGRATORIUS. 
Grive brune de Paflage. 

Ve quarts. Elle eft a peu-pres 
Sac, ¢¢/2 mime groffeur que cel- 
SSS fe J Europe, & lui refemble 
fort. La bafe de fon bec eff jaune. Ha 
une vaye blanche au defus, & une autre 
au deffous des yeux. Le deffus de fa téte 
eft Pun noir mélé de brun; fes ailes 
Jon dos bruns ; fa queue Pun brun cbfcur ; 
{a gorge noire & blanche; {a poitrine P 
Jon ventre rouges; fes jambes & fes pies 
bruns. Pendant P Hyver ils viennent par 
troupes du Nord en la Virginie & la Ca- 
roling, & sen retournent au Printems, 
comme celles que nous voions en Angle- 
terre. Elles chantent bien; ont la voix 
forte, a peu-pres comme notre Grive bru- 
ne, qui fe nourrit de Guy, ce que (CW ai 
découvert que par hazard. favois quel- 
ques Alaternes chargés de Bayes. Cetoi- 
ent les premiers qui euffent été plantés” 
dans la Nirginie. Une Grive pritun tel 
goilt a ces Bayes, qwelle demeura pen- 
dant tout PEté pour en manger. On wa 
dit gu elles demeuroient pendant toute l an- 
née ad Maryland, & y faifoient leurs Petits. 
Aviftolochia piftolochia feu Serpentaria Virginiana caule nodofo. 
oe. Ek Alma yp: so Tab. 140. | : 
Serpentaire de la Virginie. 
C= TTE Plante pouffe une, deux, & quelquefois trois tiges, 
frexibles & fort tortueufes. Ses feuilles font rangées alternati- 
vement fur fes tiges, & longues d'environ trois pouces. Elle reffem* 
ble affés a celles du Smilax afpera. Ses fleurs naiffent contre terre 
fur des pédicules longs d'un pouce. Elles font d'une figure finguliere, 
quot guelles approchent de celles deTAriftoloche. Leur couleur eft 
pourpre foncé. Ll leur fuccéde une Capfule ronde, canelée. Elle. 
contient plufieurs petites femences, qui ie meures au mois de May. 
Cette excellente racine ne fe vend.a la Virginie & a la Caroline que 
Jix fous la lure lors méme qu'elle eft féche. Ceft bien peu; cepen. 
dant les Negres, qui feuls prennent cette peine, employent a cher- 
cher ces racines, & ales tirer de la terre, la plus grande partie du 
peu de tems que leurs Maitres leur laiffent ; ce qui fait guwon ng 
trouve guére que de tres-petite ferpentatre. Ares en avoir-tranf 
planté dans un Fardin elles augmenterent tellement en deux a 
O S AN D 9 “fy PRA ey, ‘ 7 
gu on ne fourvoit empoigner ala fas toutes les tages dune feule Plan- : 
te. La Serpentatre fe plait dans les eux ombragés, Ellefe trouve 
communément fur la racine des grands arbres. - 
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