. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . all Bladder:It had a large Craw full of Gromil Seeds, ^c. and a mufculous Stomach,long Tefticles, and a long Breaft-bone. G The ( 42 ) The Turtle r>(yve from India. Numb. XLV. TH E Hen, excepting the Feet which are red, and theBill which is black, as in the Cock, is all over white :But the Cock hath his Head, Neck Breaft and Wings,as far as the Quill-Feathers, and Back down to the Rumpof a reddifh or dun Colour: The Quill-Feathers of theWings and the Rump and whole Tail are of
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . all Bladder:It had a large Craw full of Gromil Seeds, ^c. and a mufculous Stomach,long Tefticles, and a long Breaft-bone. G The ( 42 ) The Turtle r>(yve from India. Numb. XLV. TH E Hen, excepting the Feet which are red, and theBill which is black, as in the Cock, is all over white :But the Cock hath his Head, Neck Breaft and Wings,as far as the Quill-Feathers, and Back down to the Rumpof a reddifh or dun Colour: The Quill-Feathers of theWings and the Rump and whole Tail are of a duiky Co-lour, having their Shafts black and Edges white j the Breaft,^Belly and Thighs are white, the lower part of the Belly,near the Vent, yellowifli^ the I rides of the Eyes are of amoft lovely ihining Saffron or rather fcarlet Colour; a blackRing encompafles the back part of the Neck, ending in aPoint on each fide; they are tame pretty Birds, and keptin Cages by the Curious, in which they will breed and bringup their young; they feed on Hemp Seed, Millet, £^<r. butdelight moft in feeding on W^ The 45-
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