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board of fhip, in the pafTage from that port to China. 
The character and hiftory of this bird, as they then 
occurred to me, and were immediately noted down 
in my journal, in the manner of the great Linnaeus, 
are as follows. 
T A B. • I. 
Mas. Magnitudo perdricis vulgaris, corpus fupra 
virefcens, fubtus nigricans, remiges primores 
grifeae, cauda brevis rotundata, apice nigro. 
Frons calva, crifta coccinea ex occipite orta, 
t 15 circiter plumulis fefquipollicaribus, refpe&u 
capitis, fubere&a, divaricata. Roftrum convexum 
breve ; mandibula fuperior nigra, fupra inferio- 
rem, margine rubro cerato, imbricata ; nares ob- 
longae, orbitae rubrae, oculi purpurei; ad bafin 
roflri myftaces aliquot albefcentes. Femora 
feminuda, tibiae longae, rubrae, graciles. Pedes 
tetradadlyli, fifli incarnati, fubnodofi, digitus 
pofticus reliquis craffior, brevior, truncatufque. 
Fcemina . Mare paulo minor, crifta nulla, remiges 
primores & te&rices alarum rufo ferrugineae. 
Pulli. Pulli lanuginofi atri, aqua deleclantes. 
Vox. Mas & fcemina voce fonora frequenter libi- 
lant. 
Nidus inter gramina, arundinefque. 
Vidius. Oryza, pane in aqua miffa vefcitur. 
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