TURKEY PHEASANT. 
a little tuft. The eyes were hazel- coloured ; 
surrounded with a plait of skin of a red co- 
lour, thinly sprinkled with small hairs. The 
remainder of the head, and that part of ihe 
neck which is void of feathers in Turkeys, 
were covered with very short brown feathers ; 
with dusky transverse lines, lighter on the 
throat than behind. The lower part of the 
neck was covered with longer feathers, black 
with a purplish or copper gloss, like those of. 
black Turkeys. The whole belly and sides 
were covered with dusky black feathers. 
About the vent, there is a white spot. The 
coverts beneath the tail are orange-coloured, 
with transverse lines of black. The back, 
upper sides of the tail, and wings, are of a 
brown colour, variegated with greater and 
smaller transverse lines of black, as the figure 
will best express. The thighs are coloured and 
marked like the wins:s. The inner coverts of 
the wings are whitish : the quills beneath are 
ash-coloured, transversely mixed with white. 
'I'he tips of the wings, and of the tail, are 
dusky. The tail has sixteen feuhcrs. The 
legs, feet, and claws, are of a dark ash-colour, 
l^be two outer toes on each foot arc CvaineCied 
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