
‘ ae 
-foon upon ihe ‘bal. dieses eat grain of various 
kinds, and are frequently taken in traps, being 
efteemed delicate food. 
The Pafferine Turtle is ftill lel i its Schaeie 
Gs dufky, it has five fpots on each wing, like po- 
lihed feel; the outer tail feathers are white at 
the tips, the breaft is a whitifh red, and the wings 
_-reddith beneath. It inhabits the ifland of St, Do- 
_ mingo, and ney be a oy of the Ground 
Turtle. ~ a 
The Malacca Turtle is. but a very little bist a 
than a Houfe Sparrow; the bill ; is black, tinged a 
with yellow at the tip and bale; fides of the neck 
. crofied with many lines of black; outer 
~ tail feathers brown two thirds of their length, 
from thence to the end white ; legs a yell ow 
“orange- -colour. a ee ee 
It inhabits Malacca, ‘iis a eka fpecies; and. 
- delicate food. Some of them have been carried 
to the Ifle of France, and incr eale there very fat. 
pe Uhe Pompadour Pigeon bas a blaith bill, its : 
3 kG and chin ate of a pale yellow; the back, 
_ breaft and ftomach, a pale green; the wing Co. 
verts a beautiful rich red, the quills black edged 
with yellow; the tail of a light green and long, 
It inhabits Ceylon, oe is 5 always feen flying or 
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