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7 he head of the Turkey is rather fmall in pro= 
Eortich to the reft of the body,. and bare; afew 
black hairs are {cattered between the red warty: 
“knobs, which appear on the bluifh fpongy fkin of: 
the head and throat ; and a few {mall feathers are 
feen on the upper part of'the throat, vs increafe 
in number lower down. 
“On the bafe of the beak of the cbs is a piece 
of (kin of the fame kind; im its, natural ftate it is* 
o | not more than an inchlong, but when he is en= — 
raged, it hangs down one third the length of the 
i neck ; and the fkin of the head and neck, becomes oe 
is a deep crimfon colour; he throws his head’ 
and neck backwards, briftles up his feathers, drops. 
"his wings, and ftruts about with his tail raifed and” 
_ fpread, and his wings ruftling upon the ground 5 _ 
he makes firft a. kind of ftifled and hiffing noife,,. 
and afterwards a louder gobbling cry, which is’ 
often repeated. 
They may at any time be made to do- ihe e | 
: thewing | them fomething red, which. vclen puts 
| them in’ great paffions 9 0° 0 
The colours of the Turkey,. as in moft do« 
a mettic fowls, are very different, Some are black, 
beautifully elofled with green, with purple, and 
c with ‘copper 5 bi tail waved with black and white : 
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