m 



return to their elevated situation to repose during- 

 the night and most part of the day. Their plu- 

 mage i& of ^lendid bronze, ftitd their «kftpe 

 most graceful ; but the long loose plumage pend- 

 ing from tlje In'cast, which they seem to deliglit 

 in rufHing out, in some degree conceals their 

 beauteous form, as seen in others of the tribe 

 who Ismm a mxmother tmidf ra<yt& 4elicfKt^ 

 mage. These birds inhabit Snma^?a^ IKijobar, 

 and other islands forming the eastern srotl- 

 pelago.* 



Two elegant peacock pheasants from Cochin 

 China s the jungle e^cife lt«id3l©i3tfeo^ the 

 bright scarlet carcliixal^ m^edt^d partndge 

 from the Mahi}^ peninsula ; tin? pretty and deli'» 

 cate Java sjjarrows ; several of the ( Jbiiiese 

 water-fowl ; and numerous doves, adorn and 

 enliven €iis interesting place.t 



* In GriJiitlis* A/timal Kiagdoini vol. viii. p. 27d. Avt'S. 



j>liniuiij:e ; but it wants the elegant shape u liicli distingtiislies 

 the true Columba;. It remains by |jrct'crence tjen&rtdl^ on 



^ pmtn^^ tt Tnm iritfh pm 4!e$er%r ^^on^enteti 



Tiest like a jmti ridge. It never pefefm, fSBG^toptm Ihe nighl, 

 Its cooing is hoarse and dull." 



•f BweiA potatoes are recoirnitendfitl m a good sea-stock 

 for the purpose ol' Hi ding pigeons, hinls o(" pai iulise, parrots, 

 ^•c., R8 a variety of food on board a ship, iis those birds often 

 require fruit as a diange of diet^ wluch it is found ijnposstbte 



