R U B I CU L A A M E R I C A N A CÆ R U L E A .
Lhe Blue Bird.
H IS Bird weighs nineteen
Penny-Weight, and is about
the bignefs of a Sparrow.
The Eyes are large. The
Head and upper-part of the Body, Tail
and Wings are of a bright blue, except
that the Ends of the Wing-Feathers are
brown. The Throat and Breaft, of a dirty
Red; The Belly white. ’Tis a Bird of a
a very fwift Flight, its Wings being very
long;To that the Hawk generally purfues
it in vain. They make their Nefts inHoles
of Trees; areharmlefs Birds, and refemble
our Robin-red-breaft. They feed on Infects
only.
Thefe Birds are common in moft Parts
of North America, I having feen them in
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and thi
B ermudas Illand s.
Rouge Gorge de la Caroline.
E T oifeau pèfe une once.
I l efl à peu près de la grof-
feur d’un moineau. Ses yeux:
font grands. Sa tète, le def.
Jus de fon corps, de Ja queu'è & de fes
ailes font dun bleu fort vif, excepté que
les extrémités des plumes des ailes font
brunes. Sa gorge & fa poitrine font dun
rouge faie. Son ventre efi blanc. Cet oifeau
vole fort vite, Jes ailes étant très
longues, en forte que le faucon le pourfuit
en vain. I l fa it fon nid dans les trous des
arbres. Ç efl un oifeau fort doux : Il
rejfemble, à notre rouge-gorge. I l ne fe
nourrit que dlnfelles. lie ft très commun
dans toute /’Amérique feptentrionaleKwr
j ’en ay vit à la Caroline, à la Virginie, à
Mariland & aux ifles Bermude.
Smilax non fpinofa, humilis, folio Ariftoloçhioe, baccis rubris.
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refembling thofe o f the Bktb-m rt, fet alternately,»'- rejfemiltnt d edits Jt t Ariftoloche. E lla fiitflijp e fia alia
Hauler Stalks, from which hang.Clufters o f fmatt ’red Ber- ternatiammt fa r da tiga fart mweefy. > « prnirnt fa r g ra ft,,
ries of. an oval Form but pointed, each containing a very hard d, pttiiei'tdpa rauga,. 'mdUs ® Cbaque bate ctmtimt
round Seed. - , are grain, rordifori dun.