—STURNUS niger alis fiperne rubentibus. 
— Thered wing d Starling. 
Ake | Cock weighed between three and 
\\7,| four ounces, in fhape and fize re- 
\e24| fembling our Starling. The whole 
as éy| Bird (except the upper part of the 
aay | Wings) is black, and would have lit- 

and the Purple-Daw are of the fame genus, and are 
moft voracious corn-eaters. They feem combined to 
do allthe mifchief they are able: and to make them- 
{elves moft formidable, both kinds unite in one. 
flock, and are always together, except in breeding- 
_ time; committing their devaftations all over the 
Country. When they are fhot, there ufually falls 
of both kinds; and before oné can load again, there 
- will be in the fame place oftimes more than before 
_ they were fhot at. They are the boldeft and moft 
t. -delicictive Birde in thecountry. = 3. 3 
This feems to. be the Bird Hernandez calls Acox- 
~CHICHI, Will. Orn. p. 391. They make their Nefts 
in Carolina and Virginia, not on trees, but always over 
the water, amongft reeds or fedge; the tops of 
which they interweave very artfully, and under fix 
their Nefts ; and fo fecure from wet, that where 
_ the Tides flow, it is obferved never to reach them. 
They are familiar and attive Birds, and are taught 
to talk and fing. 7 ie : 
The Hens are confiderably lefs than theCocks, 
of a mixed gray, and the red on their Wings not 
fo bright. Ph es es 
~_ tle beauty, were it not for the Shoul- = 
ders of the wings, which are bright {carlet. This 
_ Etournau a aile rouge, 
==) E Male pefe entre trois & quatre onces. 
em Ll eff dela méme forme 9 de la méme grof- 
ea F | feur que nos Etourneaux. Lioifeau entier, 
av S| excepté la partie fuperieure des ailes, eft + 
4) norr, © al ne ferort gueres beau ff le haut 
de fes ailes wetoit pas d'un écarlate vif. 
Cet vifeau 9 le Choucas que eff couleur de pourpre font du 
méme genre I mangent une quantité prodigieufe de grain. 
Ils paroiffent agir de concert pour fawe tout le mal qwils 
peuvent ; © pour fe rendre fort redoutables, les deuw ef- 
peces fe jorgnent (& volent de compagnie, excepté dans 
le tems quils michent, ¢& font beaucoup de dégdt dans tout 
le pais. Quand on les twe, il en tombe ordinatrement des 
deux efpeces, S avant qu'on ait le tems de recharger, il-y 
ena fouvent auméme endroit plus qu'il n'y en avoit avant 
quon cut tire. Ces orfeanx font les plus hardis © les plus 

is ee : 
_ permicieux qual y aut dans le pais. 
dl Jemble-que ceft ict Poifean qu’ Hernaudez appelle a 
Acolchichi, Will. Orn.*p. 391. Ls font leur mds dans 
la Caroline S dans laVireinte, non fur des arbres, mais 
toujours au defjus del’eau parmi les gons dont ils entrela-e 
cent les pointes avec beaucoup dart © fixent leurs mds par 
deffous, © les mettent a une bauteur fi gufte quails wont 
rien a craindre des marées ; ces oifeaux font familiers eS 
aclifs us apprenent a parler & a chanter. - 
Ge ey | : 
La femelle ef beaucoup plus petite que le male : elle ft ; 
dum gris melé, © le rouge qu eff fur fes ailes weft pas 
| Myrtus Brabantice fimilis carolinienfis humilior ; foliis latioribus & magis erratis. \ 
| The broad-leaved Candle-berry Mrrtte, 
“EAHIS grows ufually not above three foot high, in which, 
j and its having a broader leaf than the tall Candle-ber- 
ry Mirtle, it principally differs from it. : ; 
e* 
feiilles plus larges. 
Myrte a chandelle. 
VET arbrifjeau ne vient ordinairement que trois piés de haut 
en quoy il differe du grand Myrte, & en ce qwil a auffi fes 

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