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had been been confcious of the pleafure they gave : and you may frequently ob- 

 ferve the notes anfvvered from the neighbouring woods on thofe occafions, but then 

 they generally liifen and fing by turns. 



Thefe birds are feldom kept in cages, which I fuppofe may b 



e owing; 



negligence of the people, who feldom like 



to keep any thing 



to the 

 that is common. 

 They fay they never thrive when confined j but, if this be the cafe, it muft be 

 owing to their want of knowing the proper food of them, which is only the oily 

 kernel of the hoop- withe berries and fmall bird- peppers. It is extremely like 

 the Mock-bird of North America in fhape and fize, but they differ a little 



m colour. 



E 



T. 



III. 



Of Bh 'ds of the larger granfaorous tribe with thick, conic, and mode 



rately arched bills, proportwied limbs, and divided claws. 



A VO i . Cauda longa, plumis uropigii pulcherrimis. 



The Peacock. 



Thefe beautiful birds have been introduced to 'Jamaica fome yea 



ago, 



climate. 



mod of the gentlemen's feats there j but thev do not breed 



d are 



CRAX 



Gallu 



I. Niger, iride fubfujco-croceo, ventre albi do. 

 \ Indicus. Slo. Hift. 



The Cur a pa Bird. 



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This bird is of the fize and make of the Pea-hen, but the legs are longer and the 

 tail narrower and more produdted. It has a very beautiful creft of frizzled or cur- 

 led feathers along the crown of the head ; they are fomething like thofe in the tail 



of 



a 



drak 



e> — -- * / ^ o * 



and rife in fucceiTion one beyond another in two 



ranges 



which ar 



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nearly intermixed. The fkin is pretty loofe over the head, and continues fo 



thickeft part of the bill, where it generally is of a yellow colour : the 



over 



th 



eye is full, round and blackifh. 



MELEAGRIS 



i. Cau dam erigens. 



The Turkey. 



Thefe birds breed very well in fome parts of Jamaica ; but they require a good 



deal of care and a moderate climate while young. 



GALLUS i. Clamofus maculis minoribus orbicularis va- 



riiiSj crifid comedy caudd horizontali. 

 Galina Ajfricana Jonft. &c. 



The Guinea- Hen. 



Barr. 



GALLUS 2. Clamoftts maculis minoribus orbiculatis^ 



y 





varius, crijld corned, caudd horizon- 

 tali, petlore albo. 



The white-breafted 

 Guinea-Hen. 



i 





h thefe fpecies are very common in Jamaica, and breed often in the woods, 

 where they are frequently found wild. They generally lay from twenty to eighty 

 or a hundred eggs, and raife a great number of young at a time. 



GALLUS 3. Cauda ereftd, crijl, 



a earned. 



The Dunghill Cock. 



There is a great variety of thefe birds in Jamaica, where they are eafily raifed, 

 there being a great variety of fine grain that grows naturally there, and the climate 





both pleafantand favourable: thefe, with turkeys, Guinea hens, and ducks, fupply 

 the greateft part of the tables of that idand, efpecially in the country parts, where they 

 cannot be fo well fupplied with butchers meat; and no people, for this reafon, 



take 







