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The Towhe-bird. 





= =] HIS Bird is about the fize of, or 


| rather bigger thana Lark: The Bill 
py, | black and thick: The iris of the Eye 
\\i\} red: The Head, Neck, Breaft, Back, 
yy and Tail, black; as are the Wings, 
ged with white. _ The lower part of the Breaft 
and Belly white; which, on each fide, is of a 
_ muddy red, extending along its Wings. The Legs 
and Feetare brown... 
_ The Hen is brown, with a tin&ture of red on her | 
Breaft. It isa folitary Bird; and one feldom fees 
them but in Pairs. ‘They breed and abide all the 
Year in Carolina in the fhadieft Woods. 
The Cowpen Bird. 
TT HIS Bird is entirely brown, the Back 
ee | being darkeft, and the Breaft‘and Belly 
the lighteft part of it. In Winter they 
affociate :with the Red wing’d-Starling and Purple 
Jack-daw in Flights. They delight much to feed in 
the Pens of Cattle, which has given them their 
- Name. Not having feen any of them in Summer, 
I believe they are Birds of Paflage. They inhabit 
Virginia and Carolina. aS | 
Populus nigra folio maximo gemmis 
~The Biack Popiar of Carolina. 
rytHIS Tree grows only near Rivers, above the inhabited 
: - parts of Carolina. ‘They are large and very tall. In A- 
| pril, at which time only I faw them, they had, dropt their Seeds ; 
which, by the Remains, Fcould only perceive to hang in Clu- 
fters, with a Cotton-like Confiftence covering them. Upon the 
large {welling Buds of this Tree fticks a very Odoriferous Balfam. 
The leaves are indented about the edges, and very broad, refem-- 
bling in fhape the Black Poplar, defcribed by Parkznjox. 
"cuca!  aaeees se 2 . 
nthe ORALS, 
with the larger Quill-Feathers ed- 
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COULTS RUBRIS. 

Moineau noir aux yeux r 
ET Gifean eft 4 panes de la grof- 
wae| fear dune Allouette, ou méme un. 
jee) peu plus gros. Son bec eft noir &F 
7 aw| ramaffe ; L2lris de fes yeux rouge ; 
SZ | fatéte, fon com, fa poitrine, fon dos 
wmilPm| 89 fa queue noirs; fes ailes le [ent 
aufi, excepte les grandes plumes qui font borcécs de 
blanc. Le deffous de fa poitrine °% fon ventre font 
blancs au milieu, &F de chaque cété fous les ailes, 
dun rouge obfcur. Ses jambes 9 fes piés font bruns. 
La Fémelle eft brune, avec unelegere teinture 


de rouge fur la poitrine. Cet Oifeaw'cft folitatre. 
On ne les voit guére que par couple. If demeure pen- 
dant toute Pannée a ta Caroline dans les Bois les 
plus épais. | . 
ULC 
Moineau brun, 
ET Oifeau eft entiérement brun : Son dos eft 
dun brun plus obfcur: Sa pottrine &F fon 
Me ventre dun brun plus clair que le refte. 
n Hyver il Safjocte 8S fait bande avec f Etourneau 
aux ailes vouges, &F le Choucas. Lt fe plait beau- 
coup &F fe nowrrit dansles Parcs des Befliaux, &9 
Cet dela qwit.a pris fon nom Angiois. Ie men at 
point vi en Eté: Ainfije crois que c'eft un Oifeau 
de Paffage. It fetrouve a la Virginie &F a fa Caro- 
line. ee Soo : 

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Ballamum odoratifimum fundentibus. 
Peuplier noir de la Caroline. - : 
Cc S* arbres ne croiffent que proche des Riviéres au deffus dela 
partie de la Caroline gui eff babitée. Is font fort dlevés, B 
leurs branches. s étendent beaucoup. Au mois d Avril, (ceft le feul 
tems ou je les ai vits ).on avott déja fait la recolte de leurs femences. — 
Fe jugeat par ce quien refoit, gu’elles étorent difpofées en Grappes, 
&F envelopées dune fubftance cotonneufe. Un Baiime trés-odortfé- 
rant fe trouve attaché fur les plus gros bourgeons de cet arbre. Ses 
feuilles font dentelées, trées-grandes, & femblables pour a figure a 
celles du Peupher noir décrit par Parkinfon, a. 
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