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The Turtle-Dove, Turtur, 



Numb. XLVIL 



T S Length, from the point of the Bill to the End of the Tail, was 



twelve Inches; its Breadth, when the Wings were extended twenty 

 one Inches; its Bill flender; from the Tip to the Angles of the Mouth 

 almoft an Inch long, of a dusky blue Colour without, and' red within ; 

 its Tongue fmall and not divided; the Irides of its Eyes between red 

 and yellow: A circle of naked red Flefh.encompaffeth the Eyes, as in 

 many others of this Kind. 



Its Feet were red ; its Claws black ; its Toes divided to the very 

 Bottom; the inner Side of the. middle Claw thinned into an Edge. 



Its Head and the middle of its Back blue or cinereous of the Colour of 

 a common Pigeon; the Shoulders and the Rump of a fordid red;, the 

 Breaft and Belly white ; the Throat tindured with a lovely^ vinous 

 Colour ; each Side of the Neck was adorned with a Spot of beautiful 

 Feathers, of a black Colour with white Tips; the exteriour quill Fea- 

 thers of the Wings were dusky, the middle cinereous ; the interiour had 

 their Edges red ; the fecond Row of wing Feathers alh-coloured ; tha 

 lefler Rows black : the Tail was compofed of twelve Feathers of v/hicK:^ 

 the outmofi: had both their Tips and exteriour Webs white ; in the fuc~ 

 ceeding' the white part by Degrees grew lefs and lefs, fo that the' mid— 

 dlemoft had no white at all ; the Length of the Tail was four . Inches 

 and a half 



The Tefticles were great, an Inch long ; its Guts by Meafure twenty 

 fix Inches ; its blind Guts very fhort ; its Crop great, . in which was found 

 Hemp-Seed ; its Stomach or Gizzard fleihy ; above the Stomach the 

 Gullet is dilated into a kind of Bag, fet with papillary Glandules. This 

 Bird I had from Sir Rokrl Abdy^^ 



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