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Jamaica, and is probably a bird of paflage ; it 
feeds on berries, perches on trees, and mates a 
mournful noife, at the fame time that it is loud 
and difagreeable; 
The Turtle.—The tail feathers are white at 
the points, the back is greyifh, the breaft is a pale 
redJilh colour; on each fide the neck is a (pot of 
black feathers, with white tips. 
Linnaeus confiders this bird as an inhabitant of 
India; it is not uncommon in England and in 
France. Turtles are very fhy birds, retiring to 
breed in thick gloomy woods, generally nmongft 
oak trees ; during that feafon they are found in 
Buckinghamfliire, they afterwards migrate into 
Gloucefterfhire, Shroplhire, and into the weft of 
England ; but in autumn leave the kingdom. In¬ 
deed they arrive later, and depart fooner, than 
any other fpecies of Pigeon. In the fummerthey 
frequent the pea-fields in Kent in flocks, as foon 
as the peas begin to ripen, and deftroy great 
numbers. The female lays two eggs, and is 
fuppofed to breed but once in the feafon. 
The Collared Turtle.—The body is of a light 
clay-colour; the hind part of the neck is marked 
with a collar of black feathers. Linnaeus faya that 
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