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 '■ ^he JVhite China Pheafant, 



Numb. XXXVII. 



IT was about the bignefs of our Englijh Pheafants; its 

 Bill is of a dufky yellow j from the Bafe of the upper 

 Chap all along the top of the Head was a Creft of black 

 Feathers hanging down behind j the Eye is encompalTed with 

 white, and round that a fcarlet Colour powdered with fmall 

 Specks of dark red, which reach from the Bill to the hind 

 part of the Head, and are much broader than the red in our 

 Cock Pheafants'y the Neck, Back, Wings and Tail are 

 white, with fome faint Shades and Marks. From the Bafe 

 of the under Chap is a black Mark on the Throat, which 

 increafes in Breadth on the Breaft and Belly waved on each 

 fide, and decreafes under the Vent ending in a Point on the 

 under fide of the Tail j the Thighs are alfo black, the Legs 

 and Feet are of a fcarlet Colour, the Claws black; this Bird 

 I faw at a Lady\ at Enfield^ where I made a drawing from 

 it. I do not find this Bird defcribed in any Author. 



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