dried grafs and leaves; therefore, when brought 
up tame, the fame materials fiiould be placed 
■within her reach, which in general fhe will dif- 
pofe of in a regular manner. If flie neglefts to 
fit upon her eggs, a common hen muft be pro- 
cured to hatch them; which taflc flie will perform 
with perfeverance and fuccefs. However, it is 
extremely difEcult to rear the young ones; and 
care muft be taken to fupply them v/ith ant-eggs, 
the food to which the parent bird condufts them 
when at liberty in the woods. In order to make 
this fort of food laft the longer, it may be chopped 
up with curds, or other fimilar provifion. The 
brood muft be fed with great regularity, both with 
regard to quantity and time: and it is beneficial 
to vary their food fometimes; wood-lice, ear- 
wigs, and other infers, being occafionally a very 
acceptable banquet. The place in v/hich they are 
reared muft be kept extremely clean ; and their 
water fhould be changed two or three times in 
one day. They fhould not be expofed in the 
morning till the dew is exhaled ; nor fuffered to 
remain abroad after fun-fet. When they become 
adult, they are capable of fhifting for themfelves ; 
and then they Ihew a great prediledion for oats 
and barley. 
When full grown, the Pheafant feems to feed 
indifferently on every thing that offers: and we 
are affured by a French writer, that one of the 
king's fportfmen, fhooting at a parcel of crows 
which were gathered round a dead carcafe, on 
his coming up, found, to his great furprife, that 
he had killed as many Pheafants as crows. But 
this account feems to be exaggerated ; though the 
moft refpedable writers allow, that thefe birds are 
of a carnivorous difpofition. 
Like all other domeftic fowl, there are many 
varieties of the Pheafant; fome are white, fome 
are crefted, and others are fpotted. 
PheasanTj Chinese, Black and White. 
The bill of this fpecies is of a yellowifh colour, 
dufky towards the point; the eyes are yellow, en- 
circled with a broad Ipace of fine fcarlet, thinly 
fprinkled with hairs, which rife in the upper part 
on each fide in the form of horns, and extend 
backwards in a point, hanging down on the cheeks 
like the gills of a cock. The top of the head, 
from the bill backward, is covered with long 
black feathers, having a purplifh glofs, which hang 
down it's neck behind; the fides of the head, the 
upper fide of the neck, the back, wings, and tail, 
are white, curioufly marked with black ftriae; the 
two upper feathers of the tail are white; the under 
fide, from the bill to the coverts beneath the tail, 
is blackj with a purplifh glofs; the legs and feet 
are fcarlet; and the fpurs, which refemble thofe 
of the common cock, are white. The hen is 
much lefs elegant ; being wholly of a dufKy brovvn- 
ifli colour, with fome few variegations. 
Pheasant, Peacock. This very beautiful 
bird, which is a native of China, is about the fize 
of the common Pheafant: the bill is dufky, the 
upper mandible being red from the noftrils to the 
point; the eyes are yellow; and the cheeks, as 
well as a fmail fpace above the eyes, are whitifh. 
The feathers on the crown of the head are of a 
dark brown hue, their tops refleding forwards. 
The neck is bright brown, tranfverfely barred 
with a darker tinge; the upper part of the back, 
and all the wing-feathers except the greater quills, 
are of a dark brown colour, finely painted on the 
tip of each feather with bright fliining round pur- 
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plifii fj^ots, varying to blue, green, and gold- 
colour: thefe are encompaiTed with circles of 
black ; and each feather is tipt with bright ycllow- 
ifn brown. The fpaces between the marks on the 
wing and the back are powdered with fine light 
brown fpots ; the greater quills are wholly of a 
dark brown or black colour; the breaft, belly, 
and thighs, are of a dark brown, tranfverfely va- 
riegated with black ; the lower part of the back, 
and the coverts of the tail, are brown, fprinkled 
with a brighter brown ; and the tail-feathers are 
of a pretty dark brown, elegantly powdered with 
a ligliter colour. Every tail-feather has two beau- 
tiful eyes towards it's tip, one on each fide of the 
fhaft, of the fame changeable beautiful colour with 
thofe on the back and wings, encircled v/ith black. 
The legs and feet, which refemble thofe of a hen, 
are of a dirty brown or black colour; and there 
are two pair of fpurs, the largeft placed near the 
middle of the leg. 
Pheasant, Chinese, Painted. This fpecies 
is fomewhat lefs than the common Englifn Phea- 
fant: the bill is of alight yellow colour; the eyes 
are encircled with a bright yellow; the fides of 
the head are of a flefh-colour ; and the crown of 
the head is adorned v;ith beautiful gold-coloured' 
plumes, which the bird can either raife or deprefs. 
The upper part of the neck is covered with 
orange-coloured feathers, tranfverfely barred with 
black; the bottom of the neck, and the beginning 
of the back, are of a fine dark green hue,"refle6l-. 
ing a golden yellow, with black tranfverfb bars at 
their tips ; and the remainder of the back, to the 
tail, is of a beautiful yellow colour, mixed in fome 
places with a few bright fcarlet feathers. The 
primaries are dufky or black, with yellowifh 
brown fpots on their webs; the middle quills are 
of a dull red hue, mixed and fpotted with black ; 
and fome of the leffer quills are of an exceeding 
fine full blue. All the covert-feathers are of a 
dull reddifli colour, the firft row immediately co- 
vering the quills inclining fomewhat to yellovv'ifh, 
with tranfverfe lines of black. The under fide 
of the bird, from the bill to the tail, is of a fine 
fcarlet colour; the thighs are clay-coloured; the 
tail is a mixture of black and reddifh brown; the 
two middle feathers are black, fpotted v/ith brov/n j. 
and the fide-feathers are obliquely ftreaked with 
black and brown. A few long narrow fcarlet 
feathers, v/ith yellowifh fhafts, extending near 
half the length of the tail, projedt from the rump^ 
and the legs and feet are of a yellowifh colour, 
with fhort yellow fpurs. 
Thefe very beautiful birds are frequently im- 
ported from China; and, being pretty hardy, 
feem capable of fupporting the rigours of this 
climate. Some naturalifts diftinguifh them by 
the appellation of the red Pheafant. 
Pheasant, Horned, Indian. The fize of 
this bird is between that of a common hen and a 
turkey, and in fhape it greatly refembles the latter. 
The bill is brown ; and on the fore-part of the 
head, and round the eyes, a blackifli kind of hair 
fupplies the place of feathers. The top of the 
head is red ; and over each eye there is a horn of 
a callous fubftance pointing forwards. A flap of 
loofe fkin depends from the fore-part of the neck, 
of a beautiful blue colour, with orange fpots. 
The neck and breaft are reddifh, inclining to 
orange; and the breaft and lower part of the neck 
are fpotted with v/hite, each fpot being encircled 
v,'ich a black ring. The back, wings, tail, and 
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