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Birds. 
THE TURKEY, (Meleagris Gallo-Pavo,) 
"Was originally an inhabitant of America, whence he 
was brought to Europe by some Jesuit missionaries, 
which accounts for his being called a Jesuit in some parts 
ot the continent. The general colour of the feathers 
is buff and black; and turkeys have about the head, 
especially the cock, naked and tuberous lumps of flesh ot 
a bright red colour. A long fleshy appendage hangs 
from the base of the upper mandible, and seems to be 
lengthened and shortened at pleasure. The hen lays 
from fifteen to twenty eggs, which are whitish and 
freckled. The chicks are very tender, and require great 
care and attentive nursing, until they are able to seek 
their food. In the county of Norfolk the breeding of 
