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“Onn 5. GALLIN &. 
The bill is convex: the upper mandible is ‘curvated, or 
3 bowed, extending with a margin near the, lower mandible. 
The noftrils are half covered: with a-convex, and cartilas 
pinous membrane. 
The tail feathers are more in number than twelve. 
: The feet are conne@ted as far as the firft joint, and after= 
wards divided. ~ 
Cents &-  DIdDuUsS. 
THe DO De O; 
SHE bill -bends inwards; at the middle of 
the upper mandible: it is marked with two- 
oblique ribs, and much hooked at the end. 
' The face is-bare-of feathers beyond the eyes. 
The legs are fhort ahd thick, and feathered a 
little below the knees. The toes are three for— 
wards and ¢ one behind. ; 
pyact ts 
the Turkey; its body is heavy Sa of a wo, 
pe frange form ; its legs are fhort and clumfy ; 
‘ head is very remarkable, and feems covered: ae 
with, a kind of veil; its two large black eyes are- 
each furrounded with a circle of white, and the- 
gape. of the bill reaches beyond the eyes. : 
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