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I. A Letter from] ames Badenach, M. Z). 

 to Mathew Maty, M. D. Sec. R. S. con- 

 taining a technical Defcrtption of an un- 

 . common Bird from Malacca, 



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Read J an - 9» "I" Here prefent you a curious and un~ 

 J[ common fpecies of bird, which I met 

 with at Malacca in Auguft 1770, The male, fe- 

 male, and two young ones, were purchafed at that 

 place from the natives, but died foon afterwards on 

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