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KATtniAL HISTORY 
PINTADO, OR GUINEA-HEN. 
This is a very remarkable bird, and in 
some measure unites the characteristics of 
the pheasant and the turkey. It has the fine 
delicate shape of the one. and the bare head 
of the other. It has a round back, with a 
tail turned downwards, like a partridge; the 
head is covered with a kind of casque; and 
tile whole plumage is dark grey, speckled 
with white spots. It has wa'ies under the 
bill, which do not proceed from the lower 
chap, as in cocks, but from the upper. I h*s 
bird is well known ; and we find it under^ 
different names in different countries, front 1 
the place whence they had it. AV e have 
given it the name of that part of Africa 
from whence probably it was hist brought. , 
