CHINESE PEACOCK-PHEASANT. 
XO Edwards we are indebted for the annexed 
figure of this elegant and very beautiful bird, 
which he calls the Peacock-Pheasant from 
China. It is the Pavo Bicalcaratas, of Lin- 
nsus; the Pavo Sinensis, of Brisson; the 
Eperronier, of BufFon ; and the Iris Pheasant^ 
of L^t am. 
We shall give, entire, the description pub- 
' lished by Edwards to accompany his charming 
figure. It is as follows— 
This bird is larger than the Common 
Pheasant; and, though it be called by this 
name, I take it not to be of the Pheasant kind : 
for the tail is composed of flat-feathers; not 
pointed at their ends, nor bending downward 
towards the point, nor hollow on their imder^ 
sides by the inclination of their web ; but the 
feathers are flat and roundish at their tips; 
and, in walking, it's tail does not bend into an 
arch, as it does in a Pheasant's. Though it 
be a grave-coloured bird, yet it is one of the 
greatest beauties in nature: we may compare 
it to sable, thick set with shining jewels of va- 
rious colours. It's bill is dusky ; the upper 
mandible 
