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take # a greater care of their breed. At prefent, you may obferve the following va- 



rieties there, vi 



GALLUS. I. Pugnax. 2. Licinus. 3. Minor Banticus. 4. Maximus 



ovis fublutefcentibus. 5, Retlricibus car ens. 



But the chicken of all the fp 

 are extremely fubject to the y 



well as thofe of the turkeys and Guinea-hen 



diforder that breaks 



in 



about the gills and j 



which deftroys great numbers of the 



<y 



TETRAO 1. Lined fupercih arum 7 The Quail, commonly called a Partridge 



alba. 



in Jamaica, 



Thefe birds were introduced there from North America, and fct loofe in many 

 parts of the ifland ; but it cannot be expected that they will increafe much, any 

 more than other birds that neftle upon the ground, in a country that abounds with 



{hakes. 





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T 



IV 



Of Birds that have firong crooked bills, and open claws whofc 



generally furnijhed wi 



at 



ched 



nai 





Note, Moft of thefe bird 



other vegetable fubftances : they 

 and owl kind. 



Jlrong 



though many live entirely on fruit and 

 ire all of the hawk, vulture, parrot, 



ALCO 1. Major fufco imdulatim mifcellus, ventre 



grifeo. 



The Mountain-Hawk. 



This bird is a native of Jamaica, and lives chiefly in the cooler mountains; it 

 is about the fize of the European kite, and a bird of prey, living chiefly on young 

 birds and lizards, &c. 



FALCO 2. Minor rufefcem, undid at im mifcellus. The Sparrow-Hawk. 



Th 



Lttle frrd is gem 

 d a bird of prey 



rally about 



fi 



of 



fmalleft 



active, ai 



common in the Windward IJIands 



P'g 



it is very 



g chiefly on eggs and the fmaller lizards. It is very 



FALCO 3. Maximus fubcinereus cri/f, 



The Orofiooko Eag 



This bird is very large, and a native of thofe countries eaft ward of Santa Martha 

 the main continent ; but is ofcen brought to Jamaica by our traders. 



VULTUR 1 . Pul/uSy capite imp/umi cute crafjd rugofd 



ultra aperturas najales laxatd teflo. 

 Vultur Gallina Africans facie. Slo. H. t. 254. 

 the Turkey-buzzard oj Cat. t. 6. 



The Carrion-Crow. 



Th 



b 



is rather fmall 



th 



a 



rkey-pout, which it refembl 



much both in the form and appearance of the head ; the apertures of 



ry 



very larg< 

 upper part 



ftretched lengthways, and lined with a loofe red fkinthat covers all the 



of 



beak 



We k 



of 



th 



fmelling fo exquifite as th 

 expanded, waving of one 



fid 



it 

 e 



enerally flies very flow 

 d the other as it mo> 



that h 

 and 



be fenfe of 



th 



and it foon discovers by the fubtile exhalations where any 



gain ft th 



g 



e 



nd 



fing 



general, by prev 



Vom) of fuch 



the putrefacl 



(and 



It is of 



fections 



die among the bufhes, and the flops th 



g 



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