HORNED INDIAN PHEASANT, 
which it covers. The crown of the head is 
red, the fore -part of the body reddish, and the 
hind part of a dusky colour. Over the whole 
bird, including even the tail and the wings, we 
perceive white spots sunounded with black, 
and dispersed wdth conbiderable regularity. 
These spots are round on the fore-part ; and 
oblong, or shaped like tears, on the hind-part, 
with the point turned towards the head. The 
wings scarcely reach beyond the origin of the 
tail ; from which we may conclude that it is a 
heavy bird. The length of the tail could not 
be determined by Edwards ; for, in the original 
drawing, it is represented as being partly worn 
off." 
It seems sufficiently clear, from this account 
of Buffon, which is wholly built on that of 
Edwards, that this curious bird is in fa^l so 
rare, that it has never been seen by any Eu- 
ropean naturalist. 
The specific chara61:ers, as given by Gme- 
lin, of this bird, the Penelo])e Satyra, is as 
follows. It has a pair of horns on it's 
head ; 
