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hae ate otlier fpecies, or varieties, that are 
 ®alled Nutmeg Pigeons for the fame reafon. Nor - 
ds this the only fpice that is propagated in this 
‘manner. The cinnamon groves are diffufed in 
Ceylon by the fame means, by Pigeons called 
Cinnamon Eaters; and there are other plants the 
: berries of which sage eat, voiding the ftones on. 
frees and on the ground, where they crow. - 
The Hackled Pigeon’s bill and irides are crim= 
fon, the feathers of the head, neck, and breaft, 
are long, narrow, and pointed, ays produce a 
very fingular effet, refembling a polifhed fub~ — 
ftance ; it has a naked fkin round each eye, of a 
deep ed colour; the back, winys, and ftomach, 
are of a deep ace 3 the tail a deep crimfon, and 
the legs black. = 
They are found in the Ifle of France, and their 
feth j is ees to be poifonous. 
The fechel Divifion, or PIGEONS, the fens 
_ thers in whofe tails are of unequal length. 
Tid Paffenger Wiccan ~The tail is ae : 
- thaped, there is a naked crimfon circle round | 
~€ach eye, and the breaft of a reddith brown. 
Thefe Pigeons inhabit North America : ; their 
- Micrations depend very much on the et, for 
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