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by the way of Barbadoes, and prefented to
Dr. Fothergill, A. D. I758. I can find
nothing like the figure or description of
this rare Bird in any author, and believe
this is the firit figure and defcription of it.
The Great Dufky Swallow-tailed But-
terfly hath the head, legs, body, and upper
wings dufky, except two fpots of fine red
on each wing near the body: the fpots are
furrounded with a blacker colour than the
refIt of the wings. The under wings are
blacker than the upper, having each of
them feven fpots of cream colour lhaded
with orange colour: thefe fpots are divided
by the veins or fibres of the wings: two
of the afore-mentioned fpots have oval
black fpots within them. Each wing hath
.alfo fix femi-lunar orange-coloured fpots,
difpofed in the indented parts of its fcol-
loped borders. This curious Fly is from
China. I received it from the polite and
obliging Matthew Harrifon, Elq; fon of
Sir Thomas Harrifon, Chamberlain of
London. This I take to be a very rare
Fly, as I cannot find it in any collection.
Barbade, et de la' en Ang/eterre, ou i' d<'
donne' au Doteur Fot/aergill /'ani 1758.
)e ne trouve ni la dfcriptzon ni la /ipg're
de cet Ofiau curieux dans aucun autt ur.
Le Gros Papi/lloa  oiratre a queue d'Ili-
rondelle a la tete, les jamlbes, le corps, et
les ailes fuperieures noiratres, /95rn,'s 'eux
taches d'un beau rouge fur chaque aile proche
du corps: la couleur autour de ces taches
e2 plus noire queJir le roe des ailes.  LI
ailes inferieures Jont plus noires que les fu-
perieures, et ont fept taches a' chacune tie
couleur de creme nuancee de couleur d 'oranige:
ces taches font Jeparees par les filamens o0
veznes des ailes: deux des fujd/ies tacbes
ont de petites taches noires ovales au dedans
d'el/es. Chayue a/ke a auj/i fix taches en
formne de demi-lune et de couleur d'orange,
eparfes dans les franges de fes bords eden-
tele's.  Cct In3e/ vient de la C/ine, et je
/'ai receu de Mr. Harri.bn, fls de AIr. le
Chambellan de la ville de Londres. )e crois
que ce Papillon eJ fort rare, car je ne l'ai
point trouv' dans aucun recueil.
C H A P.
CXXXVI".
PLA. 347.
ßT'he Red-breafled Green Creeper,
and the Spotted Green Creeper, &c.
AL L the four fubjeds figured on this
A   plate are represented of their natural
bignefs.
The upper Bird, marked i. is the Red-
brealted Green Creeper. The bill is pretty
Le Grimpereau Vert 'a la Gorge
-Rouge,    et le Grimpereau Vert
Tachete', &c.
T0    US les quatresfujets gra-ve's fuir cet/e
planche y font figures de leur grandeur
naturelle.
L'OQfeau fuplerieur, Nf. i. ßeJ le Grini-
pereau Vert a' la Gorge Rouge. Le bec eJI
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