TURTLE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Testudo Mybas. T. palmarum unguibus binis, plantarum soli- 
tariis, testa ovata. Linn. Syst. Nat. 
Gmel. 1. p. 1037. 
Two claws on each foot before, and one be- 
hind } shell oval. 
Testudo viridis. T. pedibus pinniformi- 
bus, unguibus palmarum binis, plantarum 
solitariis, testa ovata. Schneid. lest. p. 299. 
no. 1 . pi. 2. 
Testudo atra. Mus. Nd. Frid. 1. p. 50. 
Testudo marina Americana, Mydas dicta. 
Seb. Mus. 1 . pi. 80. fig. 9. 
^yUEEN Turtle. Shaw Gen. Zool. 3. p. 80. pi. 22. 
This creature, which has so long been esteemed an 
article of the highest luxury, is a native of the 
West Indian seas, and has acquired its name from 
the green colour of its fat. They are so abundant 
in the West Indies, that Catesby informs us, from 
sir Hans Sloane, that forty sloops are employed by 
the inhabitants of Port Royal, in Jamaica, for the 
sole purpose of catching them ; and that the markets 
are there supplied with turtles as ours are with 
butcher’s meat. The account which Catesby has 
given us respecting the manner in which the in- 
habitants of the Bahama islands catch their turtles 
