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PHEASANT, 



the- Philippine IJles, have the Legs fo fliort as to drag the wings on- 

 the ground, » 



Var, G. 

 BANTAM C. 



Ph-aiianus gallus (puftllus) Lin. Syjl.'x. p. 271. £. 



Le Coq de Bantam, Brif. orn. i. p. 172. B. — Euf. oif. if. p. ng. 8. 



Bantam Cock and Hen, Albin. iii. pi. 33. 34.— Broiun. "Jam. p. 471. 



Description. '""P HIS is a fmall race, and much allied to the laft 5 but in 

 fome of them the feathers are fo long on the legs and toeSj 

 as to be quite an incumbrance in walking. 



This fort is much valued by fome, on account of the number 

 of eggs which the hen lays without fitting ; but the fmallnefs of 

 them, as well as the trifling quantity offlejh on a bird of this fize,. 

 muft ever preclude their coming into general ufe for the table.. 

 Thefe are by fome called Booted Fowls* 



I have feen fome of them without any feathers- on the legs ; but 

 the cmnoijfeurs in thefe matters call fuch birds Bajiards, The 

 booted legs are alfo feen in large fowls: perhaps by mixing the 

 breed. 



Var. H. 

 ROUGH- 

 FOOTED C. 



Description. 



Le Coq patu, Brif. orn. i. p. 272. A.—Fri/cb. pi. 136. (the male. J 137. (the 



female.) 

 Rough-footed Cock and Hen, Will. orn. p. 156. 



r PHI S is a fmall kind, and differs only in having feathers on- 

 the legs quite to the toes. 

 The three laft feem fcarce to be worth feparating. 



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