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The Greenland Dove-Cock.
Numb. LXXX.
THIS is Bird like the Coulternelbxxt lefs ; its Bill longer,
not comprelTed fideways, iharp-pointed, a little crooked
at the End, and prominent; the Eyes black, the Irides
yellow; it hath a large white Spot on the covert Feathers
of each Wing, elfe it is all over black, of the Colour of
the Coot. : In each Wing was twenty feven Quill-Feathers;
the Legs and Feet were of a beautiful red Colour; I found
this to be a Cock by diffedting of him.
The Bill of the Hen is of a jet black, and like that of
the Cock; the Irides of the Eyes yellow; the Head, Neck,
Back, covert Feathers of the Wings and Tail are of a dusky
black, the Quill Feathers more dilute.
The whole under fide of the Belly, as far as the lower
part of the Neck, and under the Wings white.
The Legs and Feet are of an aih-colour; the Toes are
webbed together; thefe Birds want the back Toe; they
build in the Holes of Rocks and lay two Eggs, and are found
in plenty on the Coafts of Scotland and Wales, See the
Hen of this Kind in Vol. I. Plate the 85 th.
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