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their greediness ; this permission brings them in greater numbers, and 

 familiarizes them to such a degree, that they may be seen standing 

 on the shoulders of the rowers, watching for a vacant place where 

 they may fill their crops.* We have seen specimens from China and 

 India, not only of this, but the Spotted-necked, as well as drawings 

 of some others, apparently not greatly differing. f That which was 

 from China, appeared brighter in plumage, and was a trifle larger 

 than ours ; and another, from India, differed merely in having the 

 tail more cuneiform, the two middle feathers being four inches long, 

 the outer only two inches and a half. It builds the nest in woods, 

 chiefly in a tree, and for the most part the loftiest ; it is composed of 

 twigs, ill put together; it lays two eggs, like most of the Genus, and 

 is supposed to have only one brood during the stay with us, which is 

 rarely more than four months. According to Brisson, this corres- 

 ponds with the Ear Dove of Sloane ;$ and if so, should be a native 

 of Jamaica; but we may doubt this, as it does not appear to be 

 known on the American Continent. 



A.— Spotted-necked Turtle, Gen. Syn.W. 645. 40. A. Ind. Orn. ii. 606. 



This differs from the other in having almost the whole side of the 

 neck black, instead of a patch only ; the feathers not being tipped 

 with white, but having a round spot of it very near the end, giving 

 that part a most beautiful appearance ; the first we observed of these 

 was in the Leverian Museum, shot in Buckinghamshire, since which 

 others have been noticed in other parts of England ; found also at 

 the Cape of Good Hope, as well as in China§ and India, particularly 

 the latter, in which the bird is observed with different proportions of 



* Memoirs of Baron de Tott. ■f Common in Sumatra, and called Balam, or Terkooku. 

 % Hist. Jam. ii. 304. t. 262. 2. Rail, Sijn. 184. 26. 



§ In some fine drawings from China, shewn to me by the late Mr. Pigou, it is called 

 Pankiou; Pan, signifies speckled; and Kiou, from its cooing. 



