. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . •1^/f /i^O^i^ia^n. J^t^^e-i^ S. ^Z^^t, ^e/: z/yy. Mi -ll: I. -;u,.-. ( 33 ) 7he Turkey Cock. Numb. XXXV. TS Bill is of a horn Colour; the Irides of the Eyes ofa blewifh white 5 the Head and Neck are altogetherbare of Feathers, covered with a carunculous flefhy Sub-ftance, party coloured with white, red, blew and purple;it hath no Creft or Comb like a Cock, but a certain red flefhyAppendix, ariling above the upper Chap of the Bill, whichis fometimes extended to that length, that i
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . •1^/f /i^O^i^ia^n. J^t^^e-i^ S. ^Z^^t, ^e/: z/yy. Mi -ll: I. -;u,.-. ( 33 ) 7he Turkey Cock. Numb. XXXV. TS Bill is of a horn Colour; the Irides of the Eyes ofa blewifh white 5 the Head and Neck are altogetherbare of Feathers, covered with a carunculous flefhy Sub-ftance, party coloured with white, red, blew and purple;it hath no Creft or Comb like a Cock, but a certain red flefhyAppendix, ariling above the upper Chap of the Bill, whichis fometimes extended to that length, that it not only reachesall along the Declivity of the upper Chap, but hangs downbelow the tip of the Bill, at lead an Inch, fo that the Bill iscovered with it, that it cannot be feen but fideways 1, thisAppendix, when it walks or feeds, is contracted fo that itfalls Ihort of the length of the Bill; the Feathers of this Birdfomewhat refemble a Hawks, and have their ends white; ithath very long Legs; its Toes and Claws are like thofe ofthe Dunorhill Cock. Turkeys love hot Countries, yet they can bear cold oneswell enough, after they are grown up and ufed to them, buttheir Chic
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