!2 1 o Major- General Thomas Davies's Defer ipt ion of Menm a. 



of a deeper rufous colonr, are not fo vifible nor fo large, but more 

 tranfparent if poflible, than thofe of the cock. They are nboiit an 

 inch and a half broad, and not black or longer at the ends as in the 

 other fex. 



From thefe birds being found in the hilly parts of the country, 

 they are called by the inhabitants the Mountain Pheafant. With 

 refpe£t to their food or manners I have not as yet obtained any par- 

 ticular account. In my fpecimens, there is a nakednefs round the 

 eyes, but whether this is from the feathers having fallen off I know 

 not. I rather think otherwife, and that it may be brightly coloured 

 as in many other birds. 



Blackheath, 

 lyth June, 1801. 



XVIII. On 



