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BRITISH BIRDS, 
red, fpotted with black on the front, and bordered 
on each fide with five or fix white feathers, edged 
with black : the upper part of the back, glofly 
black ; the lower, the rump, and fides, are pretti- 
ly marked with tranfverfe zigzag lines of brown 
and pale grey : the ridge of the wings, and adjoin- 
ing coverts, are dulky ; the feathers neareft to the 
wings are white : the greater coverts, and fome of 
the fecondary quills, black and white ; the others, 
and the fcapulars, are alfo party-coloured of the 
fame hue : the primary quills are black ; fome of 
thofe next to the body tipped with white, and others 
of them white on the upper half, and black to 
their points. The tail is fliort, its colour brown s 
the legs and feet are of a deep faffron-coloured red, 
Thefe birds, both male and female, are faid to dif- 
fer much in their plumage ; fome having more 
white on them than others, and fome alfo brighter 
colours, and more diftindlly marked. 
The female (which the author has not feen) is 
defcribed as differing 'from the male in having only 
the rudiment of a creft. Mr Pennant fays— “ The 
head and upper part of the neck are of a deep 
ruft-colour : throat white : fore part of the neck 
and breafl marbled wirh deep afh-colour : belly 
white : great quill feathers dufky : lower half of 
the neared fecondaries black j the upper white ; 
the red dufky : back, fcapulars, and tail, afh-co- 
loured : the upper half of the fecondary feathers 
white ; the lower half black j the others dufky.” 
