
OF BPR DS 6° ap 
| Jamaica, and is probably a bird of palfage ; it 
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feeds on berries, perches on trees, and makes a 
_ Tournful noife, at the fame time that it is loud 
and difagreeable; ‘ 
_ The Turtle.—The tail feathers are white at 
the points, the back is ereylih, the breait is.a pale 
reddith colour; on each fide the neck is a {pot of : 
black feathers, with white tips, | : 
—. Linnzus 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 amongtt : 
Oak trees; during that feafon they are found in 
_ Buckinghamthire, they afterwards migrate into 
Gloucefterthire, Shropfhire, and into the wef of 
England; but in autumn leave the kingdom, In= 
deed they arrive later, and depart fooner, than 
any other fpecies of Pigeon. In the fummer they 
frequent the pea-fields in Kent in flocks, as foon 
#8 the peas begin to ripen, and deftroy creat 
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 
_ ¢lay-colour; the hind part of the neck is marked 
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with a collar of black feathers. Linnaeus fays that 
ae | this. 
