HOklJisS) fi^DlAl? Pheasant. 
I have ventured to publish this draught, though 
the principal part only be drawn by me from 
nature, the rest being copied from that draw- 
ing. The tail appeared, in the original draught, 
a little brushy at the end, as if broken off by 
being kept in a cage or coop. It was, in 
length, of the proportion I have here given it. 
but, I imagine^ this most rare and curious 
bird, in it's perfedlioUj has the tail something, 
if not a great deal, longer 5 so that t have left 
it doubtful, by casting it behind a tree* I be- 
lievCj this capital bird has not been described 
by any author. The learned and curious Dr. 
Mead received, with the above, other draw- 
ings, in their natural colours, of a great many 
rare Indian birds, which 1 am satisfied are all 
from nature : but^ as 1 have professed to give 
draughts and descriptions of things only from* 
nature, 1 could not indulge the inclination I 
had to make them public. The original 
drawing is underwritten^ the Napaul FJiea* 
♦ 
The account given of the Horned Indian 
rheasantj by BufFon, is chiefly compiled from 
