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The remaining quadrupeds may be claffed more briefly; for 
being all known, they will require no particular defcription. 
Ar. 
Mus yacuhis- — Jerboa. 
Simla JEthiops — Abelang. 
Hijiria ciejlrla — Porcupine, 
Simla cynamolgos — kurd Ar, 
BIRDS. 
1. Charadrtus Kerwan — Oriental dotterel. 
2. Numlda Meleagrls — Guinea fowl. 
3. 'Tetrao Cotiirnlx — Egyptian quail. 
4. Vultur Percnopterus — White-headed vulture. 
5. Pfittacus Alexandrl — Green peroquet. 
6. Columha domejllca — Common pigeon, 
y. Tetrao rufus — Red partridge. 
8. Owls (not common). 
9. Columba Turtur, very common. 
No. 4. This bird is of furprifmg ftrength, and is faid by 
the natives to be very long-lived, y^'^/ Jides penes au&ores. I 
have lodged a complete charge of large fhot, at about fifty yards 
diftance, in the body of this bird : it feemed to have no efFe(5t 
on him, as he flew to a confiderable diftance, and continued 
walking afterwards. I then difcharged the fecond barrel, which 
was loaded with ball : this broke his wing, but on my advancing 
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