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common in our own country in :i douieMie si 

 ;i> t of China or /'. piclus of 



id M en i re only, 



and not tin- bird it- lit have 



gined it to ha\ ; lal animal, 



than a r |n culiarly vivid 



and varied i I plum;; 



uirkable for its 



si/r ami lieauty, tliou-h unaccompailiecl by any 

 brill i" colour, is a native of Sumatra, arid 



has lor many years been eon^idi red as consti- 

 tuting one of the chief ornaments uf ihe F.u- 

 ropean Museums. 



There exists in China some very large N|. 

 of Pheasaiit i!ed, and known to us 



only from the long tail-feather !i are some 



tim Jit over, and which are of such a 



length as to exce< d six feet : their colour is grey, 

 with very numerous brown bars. 



This may perhaps be the bird mentioned l.v 

 Marc 1' that in the neighbourhood 



of the city of Siriiras in Carthage are large Phea- 

 sants, with tails measuring from seven to ten spans 

 in length. 



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