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The Hijiory c/ANIMALS, 
of the neck, as alfo the upper part of the breaft, are of a purpMi colour, but with 
lome admixture of grey : the belly is fimply of a whitifh-grey : the wings are mode¬ 
rately long : the principal feathers are twenty-four in each ; thefe are moft of them 
entirely black, but in fome the edges are greyifh or whitifh : the tail is longer than in 
tne common pigeon, and is compofed of twelve feathers ; it is black at the extremity 
but grey every-where elfe : the feet are naked and red ; the claws are black ; the less 
leathered. " 5 
We have this in England, but it is not frequent j in other parts of Europe it is 
more common. All the writers on birds have defcribed it. Aldrovand calls it Pa- 
lumbus major torquatus; others, fimply, Palumbus torquatus. 
The turtle is the fame fpecies kept tame. 
Columba grifeo et nigro variegata peElore albente. 
The grey and black Columba , with a white breajl . 
This is a regular and beautiful pigeon, of the fize of a common fparrow : the head 
is fmall, and flatted on the crown; the eyes are fmall, but very bright; the iris is of 
a gold yellow, the pupil black: the beak is fhort, and of a dark brown: the head* 
neck, back, fhoulders, and wings are covered with feathers, the body of which is 
grey, but the edges black; the bread is white, the belly of a pale grey. 
This is frequent in the woods in South America. Marcgrave has defcribed it. 
%l)t STnrtle, 
Columba virefcens pedibus jlavis. 
‘The green Columba , with yellow legs. 
Xi)e ICfiomasi’g 
pigeon. 
This is of the fize of our common pigeon, and of the fame form : the head is fmall 
and flatted ; the eyes are fmall; their iris isyellow, and the pupil black : the beak is long, 
and fomewhat gibbofe on the upper part; the anterior half is blue, that next the head 
purple ; the whole bird is green, like the common parrot, only the long feathers, in 
the wings, and thofe of the tail, are brownifh with the green, and there is fome yel- 
lownefs und er the bafe of the tail : the legs are yellow. 
It is a native of South America. It has it’s name from an illand called St Tho¬ 
mas’s, where alfo it is frequent. Marcgrave has defcribed it, and we fometimes re¬ 
ceive Ipecimens of it. 
T U R D U S. 
^pHE beak of the Turdus is of fubulato-conic form; it is ftraight, fomewhat 
convex on the upper part, and has no membrane at the bafe: the tongue is 
lacerated and emarginated. 
Turdus aier, roftro palpebrifque fulvis. 
The black Turdus , with the beak and eye-lids yellowijh* 
This is of about the fize of the thrufh ; the weight is nearly four ounces: the 
head is moderately large; the eyes are large and bright; there is a yellownefs about 
the eye-lids: the beak is half an inch long, and lharp-pointed; it is yellow : the 
male is black in all parts; the female is more brown, as are alio the young birds of 
both fexes: the wings are long and large ; the principal feathers are eighteen in each, 
and of thefe the fourth is the longed: the tail is three inches, or more, in length; 
it is compofed of twelve feathers, all of the fame length, except the outer two, which 
are a little fhorter than the reft : the legs are flender and black ; the whole bird has 
been feen white. 
It 
