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web, clofe adjoining to the fhaft, a row of very di'ftinft fpots like eyes, fo 
fhaded as to appear imboft: they are larger and fmaller as the feathers to the 
outer quills ; they are from twelve to fifteen'on each feather ; the largeft 
eyes are an inch diameter; they are incircled firfl with- black, and without 
that with light brown, their fhafts are white; the eyes, in the two or three 
innermofi: quills, are not fo regularly marked, they lofe- their roundnefs and 
become confufed. Thefe beautiful eyes are not feen unlefs the wings are 
a little fpread : the fingle feathers,. of half the natural length, figured in the 
plate, will give an "idea of the eyes and fpots beyond defeription. The inner 
coverts of the wings are brown with black fpots; the under fides of the 
quills are marked like the upper, but fainter coloured ; the inner webs edg r 
ed with light afh colour, which forms a whitifh bed within fide the wing. 
The. throat, bread, rump,, and covert feathers, on the upper fide the tail, 
are. of a dull orange colour,, with .round dufkyfpots ; the tail hath fourteen 
feathers of very unequal lengths, the middlemoft of each of them three feet 
lbng ; the next on each fide eighteen inches, .which gradually fhorten to the 
outermoft on each fide,. which are twelve inches; their colour is dusky, 
with a tindture of light brown-: the outer feathers are dotted with white as 
fmall as muibard feeds; the next within thefe have larger fpots, lefs regu¬ 
larly formed; the two long middle feathers have round white fpots, fur- 
rounded with black on their outer webs, and larger irregular brown fpots,. 
furrounded with a dusky colour on their inner webs, which are a£h coloured. 
The lower, belly and covered feathers beneath the tail, are dusky with con¬ 
fufed mixture of 'brown. The legs and feet are like thofe of Turkeys, with 
three toes forward and one backward ; the- legs, feet, and claws are of a 
greenifh afii colour. The head and legs, of this bird were fupplied from the 
curious drawing that was, fent from Canton, with the bird’s Ikin, to Dr. 
Fothergill,, which had neither head nor feet adhering to it. 
A wing of this bird, in good prefervation, may be feen in Mr. Lever’s 
Curious, Mufcum at Leicefter Houfe, . 
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