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The refed Bittern 
EIGHS Pound and half The  figpepeee 

=| Bill is black and ftrorig. The Eyes 
| very large and prominent, with red 
trides. The Skin encompaffing the 

terminating in a Peak ; from which 
hang three or four long white Feathers, the longetft 
of which is fix Inches ; which they erect, when irri- 
tated. From the Angle of the Mouth runs.a broad 
' white Lift. The Reft of the Head is of a blueifh 
black. The Neck, Breaft and Belly dufky blue. 
TRE Baek ftriped ‘with black Streaks, with a 
Mixture of white. From the’Upper-part of the 
Back fhoot many long narrow Feathers, extending 
beyond the Tail ;*fome of which are Seven Inches 
long. ‘The large Feathers of the Wing are brown, 
with a Tincture of blue. The Legs and Feet are 
yellow. ‘Thefe Birds are {een inCaro/ina in the rai- 
ny Seafons; but in the Bahama-Ilands, they breed 
in Bufhes growing among the Rocks 1n prodi- 
gious Numbers, and are of great Ufe to the Inhabi- 
tants there; who, while thefe Birds are young, and 
before they can fly, employ themfelves in taking", profit, car tandis que ces otfeaux font jeu 
them, for the Delicacy of their“Food. They are, 
in fome of thefe rocky lands, fo numerous, that in 
a few Hours, two Men will load one of their Ca- 
lapatches ot little Boats, taking them pearching from 
_ off the Rocks and Bufhes; they making no Attempt 
_ to efcape, tho’ almoft full grown. They are called, 
by the Bahamians, Crab- catchers, Crabs being 
what they moftly fubfift‘on; yet they are well-taf- 
ted, and free from any rank or fifhy Savour. 
2 
Say 
Lobelia frutefcens, Portulace folio. Plum. Nov. Gen. p. 21. — 
Py HIS Plant grows ufually to the Height of five or fix Feet. 
}  -The Leavesare, in Thicknefs and Form, not unlike Pur- 
flain. At the End of a Stalk, growing from the Joint of a Leaf, 
there are fet three or four monopetalous white Flowers, divided 
into five pointed Sections, with a wreathed Stamen hanging out. 
This Flower appears in a fingular Manner, as if it had been tu- 
bulous, but flit down to the Bafis and laid flat open. 
The Flowers are fueceeded by globular Berries, of the Size 
of black Bullace, containing a Stone, covered with a fmooth 
black Skin. « Thefe Plants grow on the rocky Shores of many of 
the Babama-Mlands. ee ee * 

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Butor hupp& 
sae L pele une livre &S demie. Son bec 
NGA cit noir &F fort. Ses yeux font fort 
Sil grands, &% protuberans, avec des Ins 
WM rouges. “La peas qui entoure fes 
(CAA yeux, eft verte. Le deéfusde Jatéte, 
~ eee) clonyts a balfe de fon bec, eft dun jaune 
pale, 
ut fe termine dans une pointe, dou par-~ 
‘tent trois om quatre longues plumes blanches, dcnt . 
‘ta plus longue eft de fix pouces. Lorfque Posjean eff « 
en colere, it dreffe ces plumes. If part du com de 
fon bec une large raye blanche. Le refte de ja téte 
eft Pun noir tirant fur le bleu. Son con, fa pottrine 
9 fox ventre font d’un bleu obfcur. Son dos eft 















étroites a la partie {uperieure de [ov dos, guise 
dent an dela de fa quené. Suelqnes umes de 
plumes cnt.Jept pouces de long. Les grandes j 
‘de Paile font brunes avec une nuance de bleu. 
a Ja Caroline dans La Jaifon des pluyes: Mais 
Iles Bahama, i/s font ew tres grand nombre, & fo 
leurs petits dans des buiffons qui viennent parm 
-rochers. Les gens du Pais favent bien en faire : 
avant quils puifjent voler, ts Samujent a lés 
dre pour s'en regaler. Ils font en fi grand no 
dans quelques unes de ces Iles pleines de roe 
guen pen Aheures, deux hommes en prendco 
pour charger un de leurs petits baieaus. Is fe 
Jent prendre de deffus les rocs &F les bnifjons fu 
quels tls font perchez, fans faire mine de Seu 
quoique déja grands. fhes Bahathiens /es app, 
‘Prenneurs de Cancres, ce coquillage etant pref 
leur feule nourriture 5 cependant ils font dunt 
bon gout, &F ne fentent- en aucune manitre le ma 
x. 
CETTE plante croit ordinairement a la hauteur dec 
pieds. La figure & e fes feuilles rejjemble 
Pourpier. Au bout dune it de Paiffele dune 
attachées trois ou quatre flet anches monopétales, div 
Sections pointués, avec une éamine torfe qui pend en de, 
peur paroit dune manidre particuliére. Il fen 
ait été tubuleufe, mais fendue jufqu'a la bafe, ouvert 
tie. Ces fleurs font fusvtes par des bayes rondes, de la 

_prunelles noires. Elles, contiennent un noyau couvert 
noire &F unie. Ces plantes croiffent fur les rochers qui 
bords des Iles Bahama. 3 a 
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