﻿PHEASANT, 



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Phaiianus gallus (ecaudatus) Lin. Syft. i. p. 271. y. — Faun. Suec. N° 199. y. I# 



Le Coq fans croupion, ou de Perfe, Brif. orn. i. p. 174. 5. — Buf. oif. ii. p. Var. E. 



122. i6.—Fri/ c b. t. 131. 132. RUMPLE3S C. 



Perfian Fowl, or Rumkirij Raii Syn, p. 51. A. 1. N° 3. — Will. orn. p. 156. 



6. pi. 26. 



r p HIS odd variety, for lingular it appears, wants even the Description. 



rudiment of a tail. It differs not from others, except in that 

 particular. How this change is produced in England I know 

 not •, but it has been obferved, that thofe tranfported from Eng- 

 land to Virginia * loft their tails. 



Le'Coqnain, Brif. orn. i. p. 171. 2. — Buf. oif. ii. p. 118. 5. — Frifcb. t. 133. 



'!34- 

 Creeper, or Dwarf Hen, Raii Syn. p. 51. A. \.—Will. orn. p. 156. pi. 26. 



1. 



Var. F. 

 DWARF C. 



HP H E S E have their legs exceeding fhort ; from thence called Description. 



Dwarfs ; and befides, are confiderably fmaller than other 

 fowls, fome not exceeding the fize of a large Pigeon. Allied 

 to this fort is the Acoho, or Coq de Madagafcar ||, and the Poule de 

 rijlbme de Darien f, which is likewife very fmall ; has a circle of 

 feathers about the legs ; a thick tail, which it carries ftrait ; and 

 the ends of the wings black. 



Other fowls, faid to come from Cambodia £, and found now in 



• Phil. Tranf. vol. xvii. p. 992. 



II Hifl. des oif. ii. p. 117-4. — TM S is faid to cover thirty eggs of their own 

 at once. 



t Ibid. ii. p. 118. 6. 



\ Ibid. ii. p. 118. — Bujfon alfo mentions a fowl in Britany which is always 

 obliged to leap, the legs being fo fhort. It is of the fize of a common fowl, 

 and kept as being very fruitful. 



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