BLUE HEADED TURTLE. 
Columba Cyanocephala. Lin. Sjst. i. p. 2 82. No. 20. 
LaTourterellede laJamaique. Bris.Om. i. p. 135. 
Blue-headed Turtle. Lath. Gen. Sj/n.i. p. 651. No. 45 . 
The Turtle is found in every part of the Old and New Continent, even as 
far as the South Sea Islands. They are, like the Pigeon, subject to great va- 
riety, and though naturally more wild in their disposition, they can, with 
proper management, he raised and domesticated ; and from the great analogy 
which is known to subsist between the two birds, it is not unlikely that the 
several varieties may result from the repeated intercourse of the Bisset, the 
Ring Dove, and Turtle. 
The Pigeon is fond of society, attached to its companions, and faithful 
to its mate. — Not so the Turtle, for those that are acquainted with its man- 
ners, know it to be capricious, quarrelsome, and inconstant, notwithstand- 
ing its reputation to the contrary . 
This subject is rather less than ours, yet its instincts and habits are the 
same, and it seems to differ only in the colour of its plumage, which may 
be caused by the influence of climate. A cage of these birds came from St. 
Lucia; they are common in Jamaica, and in the island 01 Cuba, where they 
are taken in traps to supply the market : although they had eveiy attention 
and convenience, they never bred in this Menagery. 
