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One of thefe flying over Colon’s or Chriffopher Columbus his Ship, when 
they came near America but yet could not fee it, gave them Hopes 
that they were near Land, and hinder’d their murmuring. 
XXXID. Tartur minimus guttatus. Tab. 261. Fig. 3. Turtur minimus 
alis maculofis. Ratj. [ya. p.184. An Ortolans de la Martinique. de Du Tertre. 
p- 254? An Picut pinima Brafilienfibus. Marcgr. p. 204. ed. 1648 ? 
An Tartar minimus Barbadenfis. Willugh. Angl. Tab. 36. p. 184? Raij. 
fya. p. O2F - 
A Ground Dove. 
This is about five Inches long from the Bills End to that of the Tail, 
and cight from the end of one Wing to that of the other extended, the 
Bill is half an Inch long, having two Protuberancies, over each Noitril 
one, the end blackifh rais’d and crooked, and its Orignal or Bife 
yellow or Orange colour’d. The Eyes are black within one Yellow and 
another Scarlet Circle, the Top of the Head blue, the Back light brown, 
Wings and Tail dark brown, only the Wings are {potted wich blue or pur- 
pic Spots. The Breaft is of a light Purple, the Abdomen of a paler Colour. 
The Legs are an Inch long, cover’d with redifh Scales. It hath four 
Toes, three before, and one behind, arm’d with brown Claws. 
They feed on the Ground as Partridges, and {pring as, they do, 
rifing and flying for a fhort Flight, and then light again on the 
Ground, they are very often many together, very good Meat, very 
~ common in all the Plains of the Ifland, and feed on the Grains or 
Seeds of Vegetables. 3 
They are taken in Clavanies or Traps made of Reeds, bated with the 
Seeds of that Réiciwus call’d here wild Caffada. 
XXXII. Merula fufca. Tab. 256. Fig. 2. Raij. fyn. p. 185. 
; The Thrufb. 
This was feven Inches long,,\and ten from Wing to Wing exten- 
ded, the Bill was of an Orange Colour, having a black Line at the Point, 
‘ round, ftrait, with two large Apertures for the Noftrils, an Inch long. 
The Tail was three Inches long, the Head, Back, Wings, and Tail of 
a dark brown Colour, under the Chaps was a white Spot, the under 
part of the Neck and Breaft was light brown, the Belly whitifh, the 
Legs two Inches and an half long, cover’d with Orange colour’d Scales; 
the Toes four, three before and one behind, that in the middle be- 
fore was an Inch long; all of them had pretty large brown Claws. 
The Omentum and all the Fat every where was of a deep yellow, 
or Orange Colour, and there did not feem to be any thing extraor- 
dinary in the Bowels. : | . 
They are eaten and counted good Food, fee 
They frequent the wocdy Mountains near the Angels. 
XXXIV. Turdus minor cinereo-albus non maculatus. Tab, 256. Fiz. 3. 
Ray. fyn, p. 185. Turdus Americanus minor canorus ex cinereo albus non 
maculatus, The American Song-Thrufb, Mock-Bird, or Nightingale. Ej. ib. 
Pp. 64+ Cencontlateli, Hernandez. Nieremberg. 
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