269 ) 
* ( had gradually changed from its brown 
colour, to be coloured like the Cock in 
“ all refpefts, fo as not to be eafily diftin- 
<e guifhed from him, except in the eyes 
(t and the length of the tail. The like 
“ happened at the Duke of Leeds’s, where 
“ the common Englifh Hen Pheafant 
“ gradually changed to the colour of an 
“ Englifh Cock Pheafant.” I apprehend 
that fuch changes happen rarely, and only 
to fuch Fowls as are made domeftick. I 
have obferved Dunghill Cocks greatly to 
change their colours. The Guiney Hens, 
which were Ihewn as rarities when I was 
a boy, are now become a common do- 
meftick Fowl in England : all the firft that 
were brought over were of the wild co- 
lour (all over bluifh grey, with fmall white 
fpots) but fince they have been propagated 
here as domeftick Fowls, they are many 
of them variegated with white and their 
natural colour mixed ; others are of a 
light pearl colour, the fpotting being 
viiible ; others again are perfectly white. 
“ Planch e 69.) laquelle dans V efface de fix 
i( ans avoit graduellement ch angle fa con- 
“ leur brune a la couleur du male de cette 
“ efpece 9 de forte qiion ne pouvoit gueres 
“ la difinguer du Coq 9 que par les yeux et 
“ par la longueur de la queue . La meme 
“ chofe ef arrive e aufii (continue t'il ) chez 
“ le Due de Leeds , ou la Phaifanne An- - 
“ glofe commune a change e fa couleur a la 
“ couleur du P half an Anglois.” Void ce 
que mon ami ma fait fcavoir. Pour moi 9 je 
crois que de tels changemens arrivent rare - 
ment 9 et feulement aux Oifeaux apprivoises 
et domefiques . J 'ai remar que que les Coqs 
de la bafj'e cour changent leur couleur beau- 
coup. Les Poules de la Guinee , qui etoient 
montrees comme des curioftes dans ma jeu - 
nejfe 9 font devenues des volailles domefiques 
communes en Angleterre : les premieres etoient 
toutes de la couleur fauvage , c ef a dire 9 
d’un gris bleuatre , avec des t aches blanches: 
mais depuis quelles fe font multiplies id 
comme volatile domefique 9 la couleur natu - 
relle de plufeurs ef entremelee de blanc > 
d’autres font d'une couleur claire de perle 9 
a travers laquelle on difeerne quelques taches 
blanches 9 d' autre s font entierement blanches „ 
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CHAP. CXXVIII. P L A, 338. 
The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon. 
/ T* HIS Bird is greatly reduced in fize 
to bring it into the compafs of the 
plate. The original, tho’ of the family 
of Pigeons, is of the fize of a common 
Turkey. 
Le Gros Pigeon Couronne des Indes, 
YES dimenfons de cet Oifeau ont ete beau* 
coup retrecies , pour que la figure riex* 
cedat pas les homes de la plane he . U Oifeau 
meme 9 quoique de Vefpece Pigeonne , ef aujji 
gros quun Dindon . 
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