CHAPTER IV. 



Heeves*s pheasante^^GoMen pheasants— Silver pheasants- 

 Blue pigeons*— Stibb^^re^t pigeons— Widow birds— The 

 honied Tragopaii— l!lie ncumdarin teal— Conjugal fidelity— 

 Nicobar pigeons — Peacock pheasantg — ^Pink cockatoo^Xhe 

 Ounderou monkey — A Pittfi — Mr. Beale's gardens — > 

 Hare productions of the vegetable kingdom — Native draw- 

 ings— ExtorJaonate custom. 



In tlie aviavYj tlie beautiful Phmiamts vene- 

 ratus of Temminck ; the P. Reevesii of Gray^^ 

 nm mw£cmlf known by fte aaaie of Reeres's 

 Fli6dsatit, was seen : it is the dm Kui^ of the 

 Chinese. Tlie longest of the beaiitifiil tail featfeim 

 of this hird are six feet in length, and are placed 

 in tlic caps of the players, when acting military 

 characters : tliis 1 observed atCantonj where some 

 of the beautiful tail feathers (rather in a dirty 

 condition, like the actors themsdres^ wh^, in 

 tlieir tawdry and dirty dresses, remind one of 



• Kai usually gxprcssesj any birdii of the galhuaceous tribe. 



