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BIRDS. PASSERES. 74- Columba. 
Inhabits the IJlt of France ; larger than the ring-dove ; is by 
the inhabitants accounted poilbnous. 
and irids red ; legs black. 
eep green ; body above fpotted with whltilh ; belly 
blackifli ; tail black, tipt with ferruginous. 
Spotted-green F- 
Length 12 inches ; hill and dazes black j feathers of the nech 
' long, narrow ; legs downy on the fore-part. 
^nt . . 
Legs dow ny : bill and toes greenifli ; body brafs-colour. 
Nutmeg P. 
2. Head blueifh ; body beneath grey-rufous ; vent yellow ilh ; 
legs flefh-colour . , , 
Inhabits the Molucca 2^ Htw Zealand ; 17 inches long ; 
feeds on nutmegs. 
Head and neck whitiili, mixed with claret ; quilL-feathers ci- 
nereous, 2) zeings and tail black. 
Phaia^ 
^hite ; wings and lower part of the tail black ; bill and 
legs pale grey. if lute Nutmeg F- 
Inhabits Neze Guinea : middle fized ; feeds on nutmegs and 
. other aromatic feeds which it fcatters with its excrements. _ ^ 
Brafs-greea, beneath purple-violet. Green Turtle. 
Inhabits Amboina ; near 8 inches long. 
AV; red ; front and chin cinereous ; greater zeing-coverts above 
fulphur, lower cinereous ; quill-feathers blackiih, the outer 
edge and tip braCs-gieen ; lateral tail-feathers tipt with ful- 
plmr, beneath blackiih, with whitifli tips ; lower tail-ccverts 
greeni{h-whlte. ' 
Green ; head blueifli-alh ; hind-head black ; chin yellow ; 
vent orange ; 6 middle tail-feathers green, the reft 
clear red. Blad-cap F. 
Inhabits Java : gi- inches long. 
Pill black, tipt with yellow ; tail a little wedged. 
Green ; head, neck and breaft red-claret ; greate^uill- 
fcathers brown ; belly black. Javan Turtlg. 
Inhabits ; lize of the laft. , 
'Bill reddHh, covered widi a white cere ; front and ttmp.es 
paler the reft of the head. 
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