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a native of the Me of Banda, where they II eft natif de TIfte de Banda , on les Hol- 
call it Kroon- Voogel. Brifion lias figured landois Vappelknt Kroon-Voogel Brifion 
and defcribed this Bird, and I am per- a decrit et figure cet Oifeau, etjefuisper- 
fuaded it was from one of thofe very Birds f uadi que fon defiein a etc fait dfapres un de 
prefented to the Princefs of Orange ; for ces menus Oifeaux ; parce quil dit que fm 
he concludes his description by faying it Oifeau venoit de Vlfte de Banda, et quil a 
was brought from the Ifie of Banda, and ete prefente a la Princejfe d Orange, qui 
prefented to the Princefs of Orange, who l' a donne enfuite a Mr. de Reaumur : cetoit 
prefented it to Mr. Reaumur; which was, apparemment apres que V Oifeau fut nwrt, 
I fuppofe, after it was dead, as the colour car la couleur des yeux neft point * exprimee , 
of the eyes are not given, and the creft et la Crete paroit avoir ete applatie . Voyez 
feems to be flattened in the carriage, ac- en la figure dans VOrnithologie de Brifion , 
cording to his figure ; which fee in BriiTon’s Vol. I. Blanche vi. Fig. 1. Page 278. II 
Ornithology, Vol. I. Tab. vi. Fig. 1 . Pag. Vappelle Le Faifan CouronnJ des Indes. Je 
278. He° calls it Le Faifan Couronne des fids point etonne que Mr. Brifion le range 
Indes. I do not wonder that Brifion places par mi les Phaifans, parce quil ne Va point 
it among Pheafants, as he did not fee it vu vivant, pour juger par fes actions de 
alive, to judge of its genus from its manner fon efpece, et la grofieur deft' Oifeau Va 
of acting. The fize of the Bird deter- pu determiner a le placer parmi les Phaifans . 
mined him to place it with Pheafants, &c. Mais le Gouverneur Loten m a afi'ure , que- 
But Mr. Loten has aflfured me, that it is c eft proprement un Pigeon, de qui il a tous 
'properly a Pigeon,, and has all the adtion les gefies et tous les tons ou roulemens en 
and voice of a Pigeon in its cooing, court- carefiant fafemelle . J'avoue que je naurois 
ing, and billing with its female. I muff jamais fonge a trouver un Pigeon dans un 
confefs I ihould never have looked for a Oifeau de cette grofieur fans une telle infor- 
Pigeon in fo large a Bird without fuch nation. J’avois gravee cette planche avant 
information. I had engraved this plate que VOrnithologie de M. Brifion me fut 
before Mr. Brifibn’s Ornithology came to. par venue. 
my hands. 
CHAP. CXXIX. P L A. 339. 
7?je Pigeon from the Ifie of Nicobar. 
T PI I S Bird is reduced below its natural 
fize, in order to bring it into the 
copper-plate. It appeared to me to be 
about the fize of a common tame Pigeon. 
Le Pigeon de 1’ Ifie de Nicobar, 
L E S dimenfions de cet Oifeau font ret re- 
des id, pour que la figure nexcedat 
pas les homes de la planche . L’Oifeau me 
paroifi'oit d peu pres de la grofeur d un 
Pigeon ordinaire , 
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