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not pure. I have likewife feen this bird in other drawings, in 

 which the whole of the upper part of the back, and the under 

 parts, were of a pure white. I apprehend that thefe diftindions 

 mark the fex of the bird. 



YELLOW- 



C I Z E of the Blue Gaulding : length two feet. Bill three inches NECKED H. 

 and a half long, duiky brown : at the back part of the neck Discriptiok. 

 hangs a long black creft : fides of the neck pale yellow -, the fore 

 part of it bright bay, edged with white and black : back, wings, 

 belly, tail, and legs, black. 



Inhabits India. Met with in plenty in the province of Oude, Place, 



and in other parts, in low watery places ; but is not accounted 

 good food *. 



* Mr, MiMetox. 



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