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beLriPP pheasant > lhc Predominant colour of which is a 
DeautiM green, is a native of China. 
monll7 Pe n U Fu e V tt ^ fVom fndostan ’ is lar ?er than acorn- 
th P 1 \ *? tbe ll . ead 1S an erect crest of eighteen feathers, 
of t IT H thr wf Ch6S and a haIf “ len S th - feathers 
t the head and throat are green bronze, of the middle of the 
neck purple, with a copper gloss. The back and wings are 
brn’ - tle be y ls hlack, with a green gloss: the tail is a 
orown cinnamon colour. 
ls anodler beautiful bird which some naturalists class 
i ! 1 the pheasant, while others make it of a different genus, 
S f 16 1 U has the breast of a fine glossy 
blorl C S ieeu > though the general colour of the plumage is 
. • . 11 ot ber birds of this kind the colour varies a iittle, 
' F be . " In 8? have a mixture of white, See. The size is that 
°t a large fowl. 
This singular bird inhabits South America. It is a most fa- 
t i lar anima J> as it will follow like a spaniel the person that 
e ? care °t it. .It is remarkable for the sound it produces, 
uch some imagine to proceed from the anus, or at least 
m the belly. At first a shrill sound seems to proceed from 
tli 6 m °. > w ’hich is answered by a noise from the belly, like 
in,! £ 001 P» °[ a d °ve, during which time the belly seems 
a c 1 a gttated. It will feed on bread, fish, or flesh, and it is 
ounted as pleasant food as the pheasant. 
t Cl Tj 111 ' Tukassow is a bird which bears much resemblance 
ino- 7 P leasan ,b though naturalists have agreed in eonsider- 
wif/ US 11 d 1 s t) net genus. It comprehends four or five species, 
amn S °i me var * eties > but they are all of them foreign birds, 
, Un ^bnig only to the warm climates of America. They are 
u- y a bout the size of a small turkey, and are generally 
Th ln S uls bed by a crest of feathers, which curl at the ends. 
ri P e ; m °i St l ! saal co!our of the plumage is black, but this va- 
* in the different species. 
with th i‘ S the S e . neral col . our is reddish brown, the bill yellow, 
featlP- 10 ," n tip, the sides of the head covered with black 
whim S ’ ,, nec b encircled with alternate rings of black and 
an .d the tail barred with white. 
sore ^re is another species which is called the cushew curas- 
a cushn < US U ‘ l ' : >lr 7 i' rom a large blue gibbosity, resembling- 
base nf A f 1 as lar e e as a P ear » which is situated at the 
Inp the forehead. 
iualvim U a P Mexico these birds are very numerous, both 
and a tame state. The flesh is excellent. 
