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It has ever been our wifli to render this Work as complete as the 

 nature of the fubject would permit ; and under that impreffion we 

 have never felt ourfelves reftri&ed to the excluiion of any bird which 

 has pofTeffed either mtereli or beauty to recommend ltfelf. In the 

 earlier part of the Work fome varieties of the Peacock were intro- 

 duced, and confeffedly with fatisf action to our purchafers. The 

 Turkey which we now introduce may not indeed poffefs an equal 

 claim to our coniideration ; it is, neverthelefs, an important bird, and 

 much too interefting to be omitted. 



The Turkey in a wild ftate was originally a native of the American 

 woods, from whence it was introduced into Europe, and cultivated 

 with uncommon fuccefs. 



To a form confeffedly uncouth it unites a highly lingular and very 

 varied appearance, and the feathers in various parts of the plumage 

 are highly ornamental. Our figure is of the male bird in the ordinary 

 ftate of plumage. 



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