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of other gallinaceous birds, this colour is much more 

 frequent in domestication than in its native country. 

 Pied varieties are also sometimes seen ; and when 

 the deep blue of the neck and breast is contrasted 

 frith pure white, they form a beautiful and much 

 sought for state among collectors for a menagerie. 

 In the white variety, the feathers, from retaining 

 their structure, exhibit all the markings of the tail 

 and other parts distinctly, according as the light falls 

 upon them. To illustrate this genus we have fi- 

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