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did not succeed until the year 183 L Four speci- 

 mem iir^re Isroaght, frGip;^^ jolefioriif Cluim> 

 to Mr. Beale^s aviaty, aa^ pctmli^is^l for one 

 hundred and tliirty dollars. These specimens 

 were those, I helieve, siiljsetiuently taken to 

 England hy Mr. Hcevcs. A female of this ele- 

 gmit creature has not jet Leen procured, although 

 htg^ liftire been timde fca^ me* Mudh dif-- 

 ficulty has been t xperienccd in procuring from 

 the Chinese, h-niale l>irds of the Reeves's or 

 golden plirasants : many tliink it proceeds from 

 a desire of preventing the birds being bred ; but 

 it mj mom mrt&d^f^ atferii^ikbl^ to the lUQr- 

 GU% {9tf pe£B$iaet$]^ Gbinese that the females 

 can at all be an object of attraction, or worthy 

 of purchase, from being' deficient in the brilliant 

 plumage of the male birds ; and it is probable 



that ^ke^ mliomder^tavd tlie frnxm^ TefiieBts 

 females to be brodglif » piid iih^efoye male Itpe^^* 

 mens are usually brought in place of them. A 

 drawinti- of this hird was sent to England, by 

 Mr. Beale, in 18U4 ; and on the death^ before 

 ta^tioned, of tke &R|t Jllving specimen ^timi 

 by Europeans in Chm%^ it ^wts^^^d» and pi^ 

 rented to a g^tleman hdm^xsg to* the Dutch 



Factory at Canton, who expressed a great desire 

 to fend it to Holland, as it woidd materiallv 

 favour Ids interest at home : it was, therefore, 



