BLBMElfTS or ORNITHOLOGY. 



Their peculiar Toice, which no one can forget who has once 

 heard it, is said sometimes to produce an almost stunning 

 noise when these iiocks (and they live in flocks) assemble in 

 hundreds, as they occasionally are said to do. The Crested 

 species of West Africa (N. cristata) is a handsome bird. 

 America has contributed yet another denizen to our farm- 

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The Horned Tragopan (Ceriornis satyrd). 



yards, which have thus been peopled from no less than three 

 foreign Continents. The discoveries of Columbus and Amerigo 

 Vespucci first made known to us the existence, of the Turkey, 

 which was introduced into England towards the close of 

 the reign of Henry VIII., and probably gained its English 

 appellation from its having been brought to England in ships 



