HORNED mDlAN PHEASANT* 
The breast, and lower part of the neck behind, 
are thick set with small white spots, each spot 
encompassed with a ring of black. The back, 
wings, tail, and under side, are of a.pretty bright 
yellowish brown colour - which, round the 
bottom of the neck, gradually softens and in- 
termixes with the red. The back and wings 
have small transverse waved lines of a darker 
brown. The white spots on the back, wings, 
-tail, and belly, from being round, become gra- 
dually of the shape of drops of pearl, with their 
■sharp ends towards the bird's head) and the 
blunt ends backwards. These spots are all en- 
compassed with black. The thighs are brown, 
with transverse dusky lines. The legs and feet 
are like those of a Cock, of a whitish colour. 
It had spurs, by which I judge it to be acock 
bird. 
" Thi^ bird's head was sent in spirits from 
Bengal, in the East Indies, to Dr. Mead, to- 
gether with a draught of the whole bird j and 
as the head, which head the vv'hole neck to it^ 
■agreed with the drawing, I suppose the whole 
was pretty well performed : for which reason, 
I ha?e. 
