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7he Turkey Cock. 



Numb. XXXV. 



TS Bill is of a horn Colour; the Irides of the Eyes of 

 a blewifh white 5 the Head and Neck are altogether 

 bare of Feathers, covered with a carunculous flefhy Sub- 

 ftance, party coloured with white, red, blew and purple; 

 it hath no Creft or Comb like a Cock, but a certain red flefhy 

 Appendix, ariling above the upper Chap of the Bill, which 

 is fometimes extended to that length, that it not only reaches 

 all along the Declivity of the upper Chap, but hangs down 

 below the tip of the Bill, at lead an Inch, fo that the Bill is 

 covered with it, that it cannot be feen but fideways 1, this 

 Appendix, when it walks or feeds, is contracted fo that it 

 falls Ihort of the length of the Bill; the Feathers of this Bird 

 fomewhat refemble a Hawk's, and have their ends white; it 

 hath very long Legs ; its Toes and Claws are like thofe of 

 the Dunorhill Cock. 



Turkeys love hot Countries, yet they can bear cold ones 

 well enough, after they are grown up and ufed to them, but 

 their Chickens are very nice and tender, and not to be reared 

 without great Care and Attendance; their Flelh is very white 

 and delicate, yielding a plentiful and firm Nourifhment. 



The Antipathy this Fowl hath againft a red Colour, lb 

 as to be much moved and provoked at the Sight thereof, 

 is very ftrange and admirable. 



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