HORNED INDIAN PHEASANT. 
IHIS very curious, rare, and beautiful bird, 
was first figured by Edwards, whose print we 
have copied* 
It is the Meleagris Satyra, of Linnaeus ; th® 
Penelope Satyra, of Gmelin; the Phasianus 
Cornutus, of Brisson ; the Napaul, or Horned 
Pheasant, of Buffbn; and the Horned Indian 
Plieasant, of Edwards. 
" This bird," says that excellent ornitholo- 
gist, is about the bigness of some of our 
largest poultry ; or of a middle size, between 
a Hen and a Turkey. For shape of body, 
and proportion of parts, it is pretty much like 
a' Turkey, and may be ranged with fowls of the 
poultry kind. 
The bill, which is shaped like a Hen^s, is 
of a brown colour, more dusky towards the 
point. The nostrils, fore pa.rt of the head, and 
space all round the eyes, are covered with slen- 
