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The fize of the golden or painted Pheaflint is fmaller than that of the Coi- 

 chjc or common Pheafant, and its fliape is much m.ore delicate. The head 

 is ornamented by a large pendent creil of the brighteft golden yellow, and 

 of an appearance refembling filk. The upper part of the neck is covered 

 with a fort of hood, or mande, compofed of truncated feathers of the richefl 

 golden- orange, traverfed with numerous bars of black. The remainder of tlie 

 neck is cloathed with gold -green feathers of a rounded flmpe, and difpofed 

 in the manner of fcales. The throat is of a bright buff, or very pale red- 

 difh-brown. The breaft and whole under fide of the body are of the fulleft, 

 brighteft, golden-fcarlet, nearly approaching to the colour difiil.iycd in the 

 fparkling petals of the Jacobasan Lily. (Amaryllis formofifilma Lin.) The 

 fmaller wing-coverts are of a fimilar hue, but fomewhat lefs briglit. The 

 larger coverts are of a high ferruginous brown, daflied with black. The fca- 

 pular feathers of the ricluft and moft rcfplendent PrulTian-blue. The remiges 

 or long wing-feathers brown, edged with buff; lome of the fecondaries darker, 

 and daflied or fpeckled with black ; others of a rich blue. 



The lower part of the back and rump are of a gold-yellow, but deeper 

 than the creft. The tail-coverts, (which lie beneath the yellow part juft men- 

 tioned,) are of the richeft carmine-colour ; fome oi them are very lono- and 

 lanceolate, and Ipread over the fides of the tail. The tail, (which is loner 

 and fharply cuneiform,) is black, mofl: thickly befet with moderately large pale- 

 cliefnut oval fpots, fo as almoft to invade or nearly exclude the black 

 ground-colour. The beak is pale yellow. The legs the fame, and armed 

 with fpurs. 



Such are the colours with which Nature has decorated tliis brilliant bird; 

 which, had it been only known from paintings; would doubtlcfs have been 

 confidered as the exaggerated reprefcntation of fome fanciful artift, intent on 

 producing a figure of the moil protufe and unlimited gaiety. 



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