OF BIRDS. 
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3 cfoon upon the ground; they cat grain of vatious 
kinds, and arc frequently taken in traps, being 
le'eftcemed delicate food. 
sei The Paflcrine Turtle is dill lefs, its plumage 
m p$ dufky, it has five fpots on each wing, like po- 
“ C! lifhed deel; the outer tail feathers are whitest 
c ^'the tips, the bread is a whitifh red, and the wings 
Hreddilh beneath. It inhabits the ifland of St. Do- 
;ct mingo, and may be a variety of the Ground 
ie, T urtle. 
The Malacca Turtle is but a very little bigger 
n ]than a Houfe Sparrow; the bill is black, tinged 
AC with yellow at the tip and bafe ; fides of the neck 
Mvvhite, eroded with many lines of black; outer 
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' tail feathers brown two thirds of their length, 
jlfrom thence to the end white; legs a yellow 
orange-colour. 
It inhabits Malacca, is a beautiful fpccies, and 
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delicate food. Some of them have been carried 
to the Iflc of France, and increafe there very fad. 
The Pompadour Pigeon has a bluifh bill, its 
n( j cheeks and chin are of a pale yellow; the back, 
0 ( bread and domach, a pale green ; the wing co- 
e . verts a beautiful rich red, the quills black edged 
„ n with yellow ; the tail of a light green and long. 
j n It inhabits Ceylon, and is always fecn flying or 
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