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: =H I s ‘Bird Is entirely ora 
: brown Colour; lefs than our 
=) | Hedge-Sparrow, but partaking 
= mucie of the Nature of it. 
ane hey are not numerous, being ufually feen 
fingle, hopping under Bufhes. They feed. 
on Infeéts, and are feen mioft common near 
— Hovfes in Virginia and Carolina, where 
they breed and abide the wholeYear, 
Petit Moineau. 
me) ET Oifeau eft enti¢rement 
eg brun.. Il eft plus petit que 
ee notre Moineau de Haye’ 5 
sel mais au refte il lui reffembl® 



port. Ces Moineaux ne font pas en grand 
nombre. On les voit prefque towjours 
feuls, fautillant fous les buiffons. fs fe 
nourrifjent d lofe etches, & fe tiennent pro- 
che des maifons. Is font leurs Petits, & 
reflent toute Pamee dla Virginie oS @ja- 
Caroline. he | 
Comsoboulus Carolinienfi jeu Dasrite folio, flore amp op imo pur pureo, 
vamcecrafa, 
Tue Purere Bryp-weep af Caroline. 
“HE Flower of this Convo/vulus is of a red- 
_ difh purple, and of the fize and fhape of com- 
--mon white Bind-weed. They blowin Fune. The 
Leaves are fhaped like the head of an Arrow. Col, 
- Moore, a Gentleman of good Reputation in Caro/i-- 
na, told me, that he has feen an Indian daub him- 
fel with the Juice of this Plant ; immediately after 
which, he handled a esac with his naked 
ae nae without receiving any harm from it, though 
‘thought to be the moft venomous of the Snake-kind: 
- _And I have heard -feveral others affirm, that they 
have feen the Indians ufe a Plant to guard them- 
felves againft the venom of this fort of Snake ; but 
they were not Obfervers nice enough to inform me 
what kind it was of 
Lifeton: Pourpre | de la Covoline. 
L A fleur de ce Lifeton et Pun Pourpre tirant 
fur le Rouge, dela grandeur §$ de la forme fa 
de cele du Lifeton blanc ordinaire. I fleurit au 
mois de Fuin. Ses feuilles font faites comme la pointe 
dun fleche. Un Gentil-homme trés-eftimé a laCa- 
roline, zommé le Colonel Moore, ma affiré geil avoit 
yt un Indien qui apres 8 étre froté dufuc decette 
Plante, touchoit avec les mains nites ur ferpent. fe 
Jonnette, fans en recevoir aucune incommodité, pep 
que ce ferpent paffe pour étre le plus vénimeux de 
tous. Vai auffi entendu dire a plufieurs autres Per- 
fonnes, que les Indiens fe fervent du fuc dune Plan- | 
te pour fe garvantir du venin de ce ferpent , mais 
bes Perfounes wétotent pas capables de me deeTicr 
celle fs avout cette vert. 
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