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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2991 — BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.

John Bostock translation

No doubt, as Cuvier says, this was the Numida meleagris of Linnæus, Guinea hen, or pintada. Cuvier remarks that they are very pugnacious birds.

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