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The Portugal Dove.
Numb. XLVI1L
TH IS Bird is a fmall matter bigger than the common
Turtle-Dove kept in Cages; the Head, Back,
Breaft, and Belly were of a dusky brown ; the Bill black;
The Iricles of the Eyes of a beautiful ihining fafFron Colour:
it had on the middle of its Neck on each Side two
or three Feathers of a Ihining black with white Tips;
the wing Feathers were dusky, their Edges of a deep
yellow, the fcapular Part adorned with black Feathers
with white Edges: the Tail was made up of twelve Feathers,
the outmoft of which had their exteriour Webs
and Tips white, the reft of the Feathers of a dark Aih-
colour with white Tips.
The Legs and Feet red; the Claws black. This Bird
I had of a Captain which traded to Portugal, who told
me they were very common in that Country.
