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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 fall* 

 upon them. To illustrate this genus we have fi- 

 gured 



