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ec H_E Bill is broad, flat and tapering. 
=| The Crown of the Head has a bright 
| red Spot, environ’d with black Fea- 

<0) | ceals the Red ; but, when they are 
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ears with much Luftre, after the Man- 
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ner of the Regulus criftatus. The Back, Wings. 
and Tail are brown ; the Neck, Breaft and Belly 
white; the Legs. and Feet black. ‘There appears 
_ jittle or no Difference between the Cock and Hen. 
‘They appear in Virginia and Carolina about Apri/; 
_ where they breed, and retire at the Approach of 
Winter. The Courage of this little Bird 1s fingular. 
He purfues and puts to ‘Flight all Kinds of Birds 
- that come near his Station, from the {malleft to the 
largeft, none efcaping his Bury ; nor did I ever fee 
any that dar’d to oppofe him while flying; for he 
does not offer to attack them When fitting. I have 
feen one of them fix on the Back of an Eagle, and 
perfecute him fo, that he has turned. on his Back ‘in- 
to various Poftures in the Air, in order to get rid of 
him, and at laft was forc’d to alight on the Top of 
the next Tree, from whence he dared not move, till 
the little Tyrant was tired, or thought fit to leave 
him. This is the conftant~Prattice of the Cock 
while the Hen is brooding: He fitson the Top of 
a Bufh, or fmall Tree, not far from her Neft; near 
which ifany {mall Birds approach, he drives them 
away; but the great Ones, as Crows, Hawks, and 
Eagles, he won't fuffer to come within a Quarter of 
a Mile of him without attacking them. They have 
only a chattering Note, which they utter with great 
_ Vehemence all the Time they are fighting. 
When their Young are flown, they are as peacea- 
ble as other Birds. Ithas a tender Bill, and feeds 
- on Infe&s only. They are tame and harmlefs Birds. 
_ They build their Neft in an open manner on low 
Trees and Shrubs, and ufually on the Saflafras- 
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ON bec eff large, plat, &9 va en di- 
| minuant. Ila fur la téte une tache 
rouge fort brillante, entourée de 
| plumes noires, gui en fe ferrant ca- 
| chent cette tache, qui reparoit avec 
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ectul wi jque ces plumes s étendéent,comme au Roitelet 
Auppé. Son dos, fes atles®S fa queué font brunes; 
fon col, fa poitrine 88 fon ventre blancs 3 fes jambes 
ey fes pieds noirs. On ne voit que peucn p:int de , 
difference entve le male 89 la fémelle. Il paroit 
a ta Virginie &F 4 la Caroline vers le mois ad’ A- 
vril. ILy fait fes petits, 89 fe retire au commen- 
cement de Vhyver. Le courage de ce petit oifeau 
eft remarquable. Ut pourfuit °F met én fuitte tous 
des oifeaux petits ou grands qui s'approchent de Pen- 
droit quil eft choifi. Aucun wéchappe a fa furie ;&9 
je way pas méme vi que les ‘autres otfeaux ofaffent 
bay reffter, lor{qwil vole; car if ne les attagque 
point autrement. Fen vis un, qui Sattacha fur le dos 
dun aigle,&S le perfecutcit demaniere que Laigle fe 
renverfoit fur le dos, °Stachoit de sen delrvrer, — 
par les differentes poflures onil fe mettoit en Lair ; 
mais enfin il fut obligé de sarrefter fur le haut dun 
arbre voifin, julqwa ce que ce petit tyran fut las, ou 
jugeat a propos de le laifjer. Voicy la maneuvre or-— 
dinaire du male tandis que la fémelle couve. Il fe 
perche fur la cime d’un buiffon ou arbriffeau prés de 
fen nid; &% fiquelque petit oifeau en approche, it luy 
donne lachaffe: Mais pour les grands, comme les 
corbeaux, les fauccns &§ les aigles, it ne leur permet 
pas de sapprocher de luy dun quart de mille fans 
Jes attaquer. Son chant weft qwaun efpece de ert 
qwil pouffe avec beaucoup de force pendant tout le. 
tems qu il [e bat: Lerfque fes petits ont pris leur 
volée, if redevient auffi foctable que les autres oi- 
feaux. Comme il ale bec tendre it ne Je nourrit que 
d infectes. Ll e5¢ doux & fans malice. fait fon nid 
tout a decouvert fur des arbriffeaux, °F dans des 
buiffens, °F ordinairement fur le Safatras. 
Cornus mas odorata, folio trifide margine plano, Sallafras dicta. Pluk. Almag. 
T HIS is generally a {mall Tree; the Trunc ufually not a 
Foot thick. The Ledves are divided into three Lobes by 
very deep Jncifures. In March comes forth Bunches of {mall 
yellow Flowers with five Petals each; which are fucceeded by 
Berries, in Size and Shape not unlike thofe of the Bay-Tree, 
_ hangin on red Foot-ftalks, with a Ca/ix like that of an Acorn ; 
which Calx is alfo red. ‘The Berries are at firft green, and, 
when ripe, blew. Thefe Trees grow in moft Parts of the Nor 
_ thern Continent of America, and generally on very good Land. 
The Virtue of fffis Tree is well known, asa great Sweetner of 
the Blood: I thall therefore onlysadd, that in Virginia a {trong 
Decoétion of the Root hasbeen fometimes given with good 
Succefs for an intermitting Feaver, This Tree will bear our 
Climate, as appears by Several now at Mr.Collinfon’s at Peckham, 
and at Mr. Bacon’sin Hoxton ; where they have withftood the 
Cold of feveral Winters, - : 
. Ce I arbre eft dordinaire petit. Son tronc n'a guere plus d'un 
pled de diametre. Ses feurlles font divifées en trois lobes par des 
entailleures fort profondes. Il pouffe au mors de mars des bouquets 
de petites leurs jaunes, compofées de cing feuilles. Elles font fucvies 
de bayes, qui reffemblent fort, par leur grofeur & par leur figure, 
a celles du laurier. Ces bayes font attachées @ des pédicules rouges, 
& ont un calice comme celuy du gland, qui eft rouge auff, D'a- - 
bord elles font vertes; en fuitte blués, lorfqu'elles font mires, Cet 
arbre croit dans prefque tout le continent feptentrional de I Ameri- 
que, © @ordinaire dans le meilleur terroir. On connoit affes com- 
bien cet arbre eft propred adoucir le Sang. “fe remargueray Jeule- - 
ment que quelquefois dans la Virginie-on a employé avec fuccez dens . * 
les fievres intermitentes une forte décoction de fa racine. Cet ar~ 
bre saccommode de notre climat ; comme il paroit par plufieurs 
gui font a Peckham chez Mr.Colinfon, @ ¢@ Hoxton chez Mr — | 
Bacon, ow ils ont foutenu plufieurs byvers, ~~ 

