
brown. 

p47. 
“RUBICUL A AMERICANA CHRULEA 
wad, sti pe Z . # 
Te Blew Bird. 
==HIS Bird weighs nineteen — 
@| Penny-Weight, and is about 
Sy the Bideck of a Sparrow. 
A The Five are large. 

and Wing os are Of a bright Blew, except 
a that the Pad: of the Wing-Feathers are 
The Throat and Breaft, of a dirty 
Red: The Belly white. 
Tis a Bird of a 
- very fwift Flight, its Wings being: very 
; long; ; fo that the Hawk generally purfues 
it invain. Theygmake their Nefts in Holes 
_ of Frees; are harmlefs Birds, and refemble 
our Robin-red-breaft. ‘They feed on In. 
os fects only. 
Thefe Bints are common in moft Parts 
of North America, 1 having feen them in 
ao ee 
eR eis 
eC ERE Te Le GRE AAT 
Seiad aR Shree Nt se al eta TRO egies et 
urs ae Sg Cates nest 
» ae nace 
Caroline, Virginia, Maryland, and the 
Bermudas Mlands. 
ae e 
SHAILdxX 
C 
~e 

HIS Plant fometimestrails on tre Grounc 
refembling thofe of the Babee fet alternately on its 
fender Stalks ; from which hang Clufters of {mall red Berries of 
- anoval Form but poingst each containing a very hard round 
Seed, 
3 
: The ie 
. Head = a tipetpid of the Bode. Tail 
"Rouge ee de la Caroline 
Se ET oifeau pele une once. 
| I] eff a peu prés de Ia grof. 
| feur Pun moineau. Sesyeuxr 
See! font grands. Sa‘ ete, le def-- 
ies de ye fon corps, de fa queue & de fes 
ailes font Pun bleu fort vif, excepté que — 
les extremités des plumes des ailes font 
brunes. Sa gorge & fa poitrine font Pun — 
rouge fale. Son ventre eft blanc. Cet o1- 
feau vole fort vite, fes atles tant tres 
longues, en forte que lefaucon le pourfuit 
en vain. Il fait fon nid dans les trousdes 
arbres. Cef? un oifeau fort doux: Ib 
refemble a notre rouge-gorge. Ll ne fe 
nourrit que @Infectes. Mefttrés commun 
dans toute P Amerique feptentrionale ; 3 car 
jen ay vb ala Caroline, a la Virginie, 4 

“Mariland & aux ifles Bermude, 
x non Spinola, humilis, “folio co baccis rubris. 
fie 4 | yanibe Gueteieet sae terre. Ses feuilles 
4 refiblet 2 a > celles we Aril che, font difpofées al- 
ternativement fur des tiges fort minces; 2 ou pene od. grappes 
de petites bayes rouges, ovales & EGS qent 
une Hee ronde fort dure. 



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