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Black White Chinese Cock Pheasant^ with its Hen,. 
T H E Cock is confiderably larger than our common Cock Fheafant^ but fhaped 
much like it. 
The Bill is like a Cock or Hen’s^ of a Yellow Colour,, and dusky towards the Point; 
the Eyes are alfo yellow, encompaffed with a very broad Space of a fine Scarlet, bare 
of Feathers, but thinly fprinkled with Hairs,, which rife in the upper Part on each 
Side in the Form of Horns,' and extend, backward in a Point on each Side of the Plead, 
» and on the Cheeks hang down like the Gills of a Cock The Top of the Head from 
the Bill backward is covered with long black Feathers, having a Purple Glofs, which 
hang dovs^n its Neck behind3. the upper Part, viz. the Sides of the Head, upper Side 
of the Neck, Back, Wings, and Tail, are covered with white Feathers, each having 
three or four fine black Lines running one within an other, parallel to the outer Cir¬ 
cumference of the Feathers,, as exprefied in the Figure, except the greater Quill Fea¬ 
thers, and the outer Feathers of the Tail, which have oblique Bars and Dailies of Black, 
as the Figure likewife exprefieth; the two upper Feathers of the Tail are white j the 
under Side, from the Bill to the Coverts beneath the Tall, is Black, with a Purple 
Glofs, narrow on. the Throat, but increafing in its Weadth to the Breaft and Belly j the. 
Legs and Feet are of a fine Scarlet Colour, and it hath Spurs like the common Cock^, 
of a white Colour. 
The Hen is fomething lefs than the Cock, her Bill of a yellowlfii Brown, as are 
her Eyes, with a bare red Space about them, as in the Cock, but not nigh fo broad 3, 
tPie Crown, of the Head is covered with dark-brown Feathers, hanging a little down 
behindj the. Throat, and Sides of the Head beneath the red Space, is whitith ; all the 
Neck,. Breaft, Back, Wings, and middle Feathers of the Tail, are of a reddifh Brown, 
except the greater Quills, which incline to dufky, and thofe next the Body powdered, 
with Black j the Belly and Side Feathers of the Tail are of a dirty White, tranfverfly,. 
but fomething confufedly mixed with Duflcy or Black j the Legs and Feet are red, as 
in the Cock, but not fo bright, nor hath it any Spurs. 
Thefe curious Birds were kept many Years by Sir Hans Shane his Ploufe in^ 
London., where they hatched young ones,, and brought them to Maturity. The Cock of 
this Bird hath been figured and defcribed by Albin, in his Hiftory of Birds, FoL IIL 
Pag. 35. but as I have made fome. Corretftions both in the Figure and Defcription, 
and have added to it the Hen, w'hich is there wanting j I hope the Curious will not 
think my Labour loft. Albin hath given his a Tail much too- Ihort, and hath been, 
no Way precife in figuring the. red Space round the. Eye3 nor. hath he mentioned or 
figured the curious particular Marks on the white Feathers 5 and the Spurs he hath; 
alfo omitted. ’Tis probable he only faw this Bird in a Yard walking, and took his 
Sketch from it there, fo could not be fo particular as I had Opportunity to be, thefe 
.Birds being the Property of my good Patron, whofc Houfe I frequented, and had Op¬ 
portunity often to repair my Draughts, by ftridlly examining them in their mi- 
mute Parts, not only while they were living, , but after they were dead.. 
