THE TURKEY. 
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The female seems of a milder, gentler disposition. She 
lays eighteen or twenty eggs. Her young must be carefully 
ed with curd, chopped with dock-leaves; but as they grow 
older, they become more hardy, and follow the mother to 
considerable distances in pursuit of insect food, which they 
prefer to any other. When once grown up, turkeys are very 
hardy birds, and feed themselves at very little expence to the 
tanner. Those of Norfolk are said to be the largest of this 
kingdom, weighing from twenty to thirty pounds. There are 
places, however, in the East Indies, where they are known 
only in their domestic state, in which they grow to the 
Weight of sixty pounds. 
Besides the wild turkeys of America, there are a few foreign 
birds of this genus which deserve notice. The most singular 
ol these is the horned turkey of Bengal. It is not quite so 
large as our turkey, which it resembles in most respects, ex- 
cept that the loose flap which hangs down its throat is blue 
a nd not red. The breast and upper part of the back is full 
r ed, and the other parts of the plumage brown marked with 
white spots. But its most remarkable characteristic consists 
in a fleshy, blue, callous substance like horn, winch springs 
behind each eye, and gives it the full effect of a horned animal. 
The guan turkey is a native of Brasil. It is not larger than 
a common turkey; the top of the head is furnished with long 
eathers, which the bird can erect as a crest at pleasure. The 
rp Ur plumage is in general a brownish black. 
The yacou turkey, which is a native of Cayenne, is also 
cr ested, as well as the marail turkey, which is found in the 
Woods of Cuiana. The plumage of these birds is also more 
s plendid than that of ours. 
..The Pintada, or Guinea-Hen is a very remarkable 
wd, and in some measure unites the characteristics of the 
Pheasant and the turkey. It has the fine delicate shape of 
he one, and the bare bead of the other. To be more parti- 
cular; it is about the size of the common hen, but as it is 
supported on longer legs, it looks much larger. It has a 
rp^ m d back, with a tail turned downwards, like a partridge. 
he head is covered with a kind of casque ; and the whole 
P umage is black or dark grey, speckled with white spots. 
has wattles under the bill, which do not proceed from the 
ow er c hap, as in cocks, hut from the upper, which gives it a 
er y peculiar air; while its restless gait, and odd chuckling 
°und, distinguish it sufficiently from all other birds whatever. 
t is well known all over Europe, and we find it in different 
countries called by different names, from the place whence 
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