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PHEASANT. 



Var. L. 

 NEGRO C. 



Description. 



Place; 



PhaCanus gallus (morio} Lin. Syfl. i. p, 271. §. 



Le Coq negre, ou dc Mozambic, Brif. orn, u p.- 174- 4. — Buf, oif. iv, pv 



122. 15. 

 Blackamoor Pullet, Fryer. Trav. p. 53. 

 Mozambick Hen, Will. orn. p. 3871 



H E comb, wattles, fkin, and membrane which covers the 

 bones, in this variety are black : the plumage is for the moft 

 part of the fame colour : and the flefh itfelf, when boiled, is laid 

 to be as black as ink. *. 



Thefe are found about the province of Mofarabique, in Afrka % 

 the coaft of Malabar, Siam, &c. and are faid to be very good: 

 eating, though at firft mull be very difgufting to an European: 

 palate. 



In fome of thefe the flefh is faid to be white f- 



Var. M. 

 SILK. C. 



Description. 



Phafianus gallus (lanatus) Lin. Syjl. i. p. zjv.t. 

 Le Coq du Japon, Brif. orn. i. p. 175. pi. 17. f. 2: 

 La Poule aDuvet du Japon, Buf. oif. ii. p. 121.. — PL e/il.gS. 

 Lev. Muf. 



r T y H E body of this fort is wholly covered with feathers, the 

 webs of which are fo difunited, that they appear like hairs : 



• Celles qui oirt la chair, et les os noirs font les meilleurs. — Voy. de Siam, 

 vol. i. p. 279. 



•J- '.* The outward fkin was a perfett negro ; the bones alfo as black as jet : 

 " under the fkin nothing could be whiter than the flefh, more tender, or more 



** grateful." — Fryer. Voy. de Siam. vol. i. p. 279. There are alfo at Siam 



fowls with black combs and fkin, with white flefh. — Harris's Coll. Voy. vol. ii. 

 p. 468. 



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