352 PEA FOWL. 



districts of China and India, and that Aldrovandi, from whom 

 he gleaned the error, instantly refutes it, by stating that 

 White Pea Fowl are frequently hatched in Madeira and the 

 neighbouring islands. Temminck has well discussed the Paon 

 Blanc, in his Hist. Nat. des Gallinaces, torn. ii. 



