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Birds. 



THE TUKKEY, (Meleagris Gallo-PavoJ 



"WAS originally an inhabitant of America, whence he 

 was brought to Europe by some Jesuit missionaries, 

 which accounts for his being called a Jesuit in some parts 

 ot the continent. The general colour of the feathers 

 is buff and black; and turkeys have about the head, 

 especially the cock, naked and tuberous lumps of flesh ol 

 a bright red colour. A long fleshy appendage hangs 

 from the base of the upper mandible, and seems to be 

 lengthened and shortened at pleasure. The hen lays 

 from fifteen to twenty eggs, which are whitish and 

 freckled. The chicks are very tender, and require great 

 care and attentive nursing, until they are able to seek 

 their food. In the county of Norfolk the breeding of 



