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with black or dusky feathers, having a small broken transverse mixture of reddish 

 brown ; the wings, when closed, measured about 1 7 inches, though the prime 

 quills fall short of the length of those above them : the wing has about 20 

 quills, the outermost shortest, which gradually lengthens to the fifth ; the Q 

 outermost quills are of a lightish yellow brown, spotted with dusky spots, of the 

 size of tares, except on their inner webs, next the shafts, where they are of a 

 dusky brown, with white spots as small as mustard seeds; the shafts of these 

 feathers are of a lead colour; the 11 remaining quills, which characterise this 

 bird are of a darker brown than the foregoing, marked with round and longish 

 dusky spots on both the inner and outer webs. What is most extraordinary in 

 these feathers is, that each of them has on the outer web, close adjoining to 

 the shaft, a row of very distinct spots like eyes, so shaded as to appear imbossed : 

 they are larger and smaller as the feathers are to the outer quills; they are from 

 12 to 15 on each feather; the largest eyes are an inch in diameter, they are in- 

 drcled first with black, and without that with light brown, their shafts are 

 white; the eyes in the two or three innermost quills are not so regularly marked, 

 thev lose their roundness, and become confused; these beautiful eyes are not 

 seen, unless the wings are a little spread; the inner coverts of the wings are 

 brown with black spots; the under sides of the quills are marked like the upper, 

 but fainter coloured, the inner webs edged with light ash colour, which forms a 

 whitish bed within side of the wing. The throat, breast, rump, and covert 

 feathers, on the upper side of the tail, are of a dull orange colour, with round 

 dusky spots; the tail has 14 feathers, of very unequal lengths, the middlemost 

 being each of them 3 feet long, the next, on each side, 18 inches, which 

 gradually shorten to the outermost on each side, which are each 12 inches, 

 their colour is dusky, with a tincture of bright brown, the outer feathers are 

 dotted with white as small as mustard seeds; the next within these have larger 

 spots, less regularly formed; the two long middle feathers have round white 

 spots, surrounded with black, on their outer webs, and larger irregular brown 

 spots, surrounded with dusky on their inner webs, which are ash coloured; the 

 lower belly, and covert feathers beneath the tail, are dusky with a confused mix 

 ture of brown ; the legs and feet are like those of turkeys, with 3 toes forward 

 and one backward ; the legs, feet, and claws, are of a greenish ash colour. 



XV. A Catalogue of the Fifty Plants from Chelsea Garden, presented to tlie 

 Royal Society by the Company of Apothecaries, for the Year I764, pursuant 

 to the Direction of Sir Hans Shane, Bart. By John fVilmer, M. D. p. Q). 

 This is the 43d presentation of this kind, completing to the number of 2150 



different plants. 



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