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and within that a broad tranfverfe bar of 
black: the under fide of the tail is marked 
^and coloured like the upper, but fainter : 
the inner covert-feathers of the wings are 
light brown and white : the inddes of the 
wings are afh-coloured : the feathers be- 
tween the back and wings are orange-co- 
loured and black with white tips : immedi- 
ately under the bill the feathers are white; 
the throat bright brown inclining to orange 
colour ; the bread-, belly, and thighs, 
white, with a faint tindlure of orange, and 
femi- lunar black fpots on the bread; and 
Tides : the covert-feathers beneath the tail 
are of a faint dirty orange colour with white 
•fpots : the legs are covered down to the 
feet with white feathers, which appear like 
hair : the feet have each four toes of a 
flefli colour, landing in the ufual manner; 
the toes are pedlinated along their fides, 
and connected at their bottoms by mem- 
branes. 
This bird was fent from Penfylvania, (by 
Mr. John Bartram, to Peter Colinfon, Efq; 
F. R. S.) where it is called a Pheafant. Mr. 
Bartram fent with it a very curious account 
in a letter to Mr, Colinfon, of whom I ob- 
tained leave to take an exadt copy, which 
is as follows : 
“ He is a fine bird when his gaiety is 
“ difplayed, that is, when he fpreads his 
tail like that of a turkey-cock, and eredls 
“ a circle of feathers round his neck like a 
€t ruff, walking very {lately with an even 
“ pace, and making a noife fomething like 
4< a turkey; at which time the hunter mud: 
<£ dre immediately at him, or he flies away 
“ diredlly for two or three hundred yards, 
4£ before he Fettles on the ground. There 
“ is fomething very remarkable in what 
“ we call their thumping, which they do 
c ‘ with their wings, by clapping them 
“ 'again fl their fides, as the hunters fay. 
** They {land upon an old fallen tree, that 
“ has lain many years on the ground, where 
mante , de diverfes fortes de ^ brum plus ou 
moms clans , avecun melange denoir . L'ex- 
tremite de la queue ejl couleur de cendre , joig- 
nant quoi , il y a une grande barre noire , 
qui paffe d'un cote a l' autre : le deffous de Id 
queue ejl marque et colore comme le deJJ'us , d 
la referve que les couleurs en font moms vives: 
les plumes , qui couvrent le dejfous des ailes, 
font grifes et blanches : la gorge ejl dun brun 
eclattant tirant fur l' orangey tejlomach, le 
ventre, et les cuijfes joist b lanes, avec une 
nuance d’ orange pale , et quelques taches noires 
en forme de croiffant , fur tejlomach et fur 
les cotes: les couvertures du dejfous de la queue 
font d'un orange pale et efface , avec des taches 
blanches : les jambes font revetues , jufquaux 
pates , de plumes blanches , qui reffemblent a 
du poll : les pates ont chacune quatre orteils 
couleur de chair , places comme a l' ordinaire : 
les orteils font denteles aux cotes , et attaches 
enfemble vers le bas , par des membranes . 
Cet oifeau ete envoye d M. P . Colinfon , 
Membre de la 8. R , par M. J. Bartram de 
Penjilvanie , ou on I'appelle Faijan. Mr . Bar- 
tram Tavoit accompagne d'un memoirs tres 
curieux infer e dans la lettre , qu'il ecrivoit a 
M. Colinfon , qui in a permis d'en prendre la 
copie , dont void la teneur : 
“ Cet oifeau ejl magnifique quand il deploy e 
tc toutes fes graces ; c'e/l-d-dire , quand il 
“ it end Jd queue comme uncoq d’inde, et qu'il 
“ relive en forme de fraife le cercle de plumes, 
“ qu'il a autour du cou, mar chant majejlueu - 
“ fement d'un pas uniforme , et faifant un 
C£ bruit fembableen quelque forte d celui du 
“ coq d'mde : c ejl dlors que le chaffeur doit 
“ le tirer fans perdre de temps, ear il sen- 
“ vole ii I'injlant mime, d trois ou quatre 
<£ cents pas, avant que de fe pofer d ter re . 
“ I l y a quelque chofe de fort remar quable 
<c dans ce que nous appellons le tapage que 
“ ces oifeaux font avec leurs ahes, en sen 
cc frappant les cotes, comme dijent les chaff 
“fairs. Ils fe tiennent fur le tronc d'un 
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