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ing the flap on the throat, fo as ahnoft to hang over the breaft, 

 much in the fame manner as the Cock Turkey does the canincles 

 on the neck and flap of the forehead, at which time the colors 

 were greatly heightened, appearing of a beautiful deep blue, 

 barred acrofs with crimfon. The color of the body orange, 

 marked with pearl-fliaped drops of white ; on each leg a ftrong 

 fpur. 



The head of the fpecimen I annex to this page is covered Female. 

 with long black feathers in form of a crelf. The body is en- 

 tirely of a bright orange, marked with numerous round white 

 fpots. The legs are, like the former, fpurred. This moft elegant 

 bird is nearly equal in fize to the preceding, and receives from 

 the refplendency of its colors the name of Moory Man'moorei. 

 or the bright bird. From the uncommon brilliancy of colors in 

 this bird I fliould have thought it a male, did not indifputable 

 authority fatisfy me to the contrary. 



The next fpecies is the bird which I named the Impeyan Impeyan Phea- 

 sant. 

 Tbeafant. Mr. Latham defcribes and figures it in vol. vii. co8. 



tab. xiv. ; its colors are of matchlefs metallic brilliancy. On 

 the hind part of the head is an upright creft, cornpafed of fea- 

 thers with fetaceous fliafts, terminated with fpear-fliaped heads : 

 the length of the whole bird was two feet. I lazily refer to the 

 drawing for form and color. I will only fay that thefe birds in- 

 habit the cold mountains of Napaul ; that thole in poiiellion 

 of Mrs. Wheeler never crowed, but cackled after the manner of 

 a pheafant. 



The Thibet Peacock is of a country fo neighboring to Napaul, Thibet Pea- 



*^ ■ '^ COCK. 



that I introduce it as a native. In M. Brijjonj i. 294. tab. xxviii. 

 Vol. II. Y y alone, 



