Book IIL land of BARBADOS, 
The Lance Turtye-Dove. 
faa by the regular Proportion of every Limb, completing the 
Harmony of the Whole, juftly deferves to be reckoned among the 
moft beautiful Birds: The Plumage of the Neck, Back, and Wings, is 
of a dark Lead-colour, {potted with Black ; the Breaft and Belly fome- 
what lighter. 
Thefe differ in nothing material from thofe of the fame Species in Pa- 
leftine, wled among the Yews for Sacrifice (4), except in their Colour; 
for the Wings of the latter, as the Royal Pfalmift defcribes them, are like 
Silver, which, with very little Allowance, anfwers to the Colour of what 
we now call Arabian or Barbary Doves, fo common in all Paleftine. 
The Length of this Bird from the Bill to the Tail is Ten Inches, and 
from Wing to Wing, extended, Fifteen Inches. I 
Coots, or Moor-HEns. 
a ESE Birds are to be chiefly feen about the Skirts of rufhy Ponds, 
feeding upon Pond-bugs, and fuch Worms ; aid, when there is a 
Scarcity of thefe, they alight upon, or moft commonly climb up, Plan- 
tain, Banana, or Guava Trees, and feed upon the ripe Fruit, as well as 
fometimes upon Pulfe and Potatoes. 
They are diftinguifhed into Three Kinds ; the White, the Red, and 
the Blue-pated. The Bill of each is ftrait and ftrong, and of a greenifh 
yellow Colour near the Point; the other Part of a florid Red 3 the 
Whole about an Inch long. 
The Crown of the Head, but efpecially near the fetting on of the Bill, 
inftead of Feathers, is covered with a white, blue, or red tough Skin, of 
a circular Form, about the Bignefs of an Englifh Silver Groat. 
The Plumage under the Neck and Breatt is of a very deep Blue, incline- 
able to a Purple. The Feathers on the Back are of a greenifh Lead-colour. 
From the Extremity of one Wing to another, it meafures Eighteen Inches, — 
and. the Length from the Bill to the Feet, Fifteen. The under Feathers 
of the Tail are Snow-white. Its Legs are yellow. It hath Three Toes 
before, and one behind, guarded with {trong Claws. 
The Two-pEny CHicx. 
T HIS Bird hath a ftrong yellowifh fharp-pointed’ Bill, near an Inch 
long : Its Length from this to the Feet, extended, is Nine Inches ; 
and from the Extremity of the Wings, Eleven. 
The Head is marked from the Bill to the hinder Part of it, with a 
black Lift. The Back and fmall Feathers upon the Wings with pale Ruf- 
Eee . fet, 
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(4) ‘We find that the Heathens had a Notion, that the moft perfect ought to be ufed in Sacrifice. Thie 
is evident from: Homer ; for, when -Achilles {peaks about the Sacrifice to Apollo, he fays, 
: Rbvoy xvlamy ayer re Teaco. 
