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very glofty: the breaft is of a high fcarlet, and the belly red, but ndt fo bright: the 
tail is long and eomprefied 3 the legs are robuft and yellow ; the toes are very long and 
ftrong, and the claws fharp: the fpur behind the leg is often very long, pointed, and 
horny. . 1 
This is a native of many parts of Europe, but we have it not wild in England 5 
in Italy it is common. 
Phafianus fplendidijftme variegatus caudd longiore. 
The long-tailed , elegantly variegated Phafianus, &U 
The two preceding fpecies are extreamly beautiful, but this is vaftly more fo than 
either. Indeed, words cannot defcribe adequately the luftre of it’s colouring; nor, if 
they could, would any one believe them, who had not the atteftation of his eye-light: 
the head is fmall, deprefted, and a little prominent at the lides: the ears are elegantly 
-plumed ; the eyes are large, and their iris is of a fine fiery red colour : the beak is half 
an inch long, robuft, a little hooked, pointed, and of a pale colour : the whole body, 
wings, tail, and head are variegated with a profufion of the brighteft colours, yellow, 
red, bluiftt-green, and almoft every other tinge, varying in different lights, and all 
having the luftre of gems: the wings are fhort, but the tail is longer than in the 
common pheafant: the legs are robuft, and of a pale colour. 
It is a native of the Eaft Indies, and is fometimes brought over to us.' 
T E T R A O. 
T H E part of the head that is over the eyes in the Tetrao, is naked and pa** 
pillofe* 
Tetrao alarum hafi macula alba infignita. % 3 )e Cocft of 
The Tetrao , with a whitefpot on the hafe of the wing* tf)t CttlOOt). 
This is a very large and noble bird ; it is nearly of the bignefs of the turkey, and 
much refembles it in figure, only that it is not fo unweildy : the head is large and 
rounded ; the beak is fhort, robuft, a little hooked, and fharp at the point : the eyes 
are large, and their iris is hazel; there is a naked fpace over them, by way of eye¬ 
brow, which is of a fine bright fcarlet. 
The breaft is of a pale reddifh-brown, variegated with tranfverfe lines of Mack, and 
ornamented with a little white, difpofed principally about the tips of the feathers; the 
belly is grey : the back is variegated with black, grey, and a reddifh-brown; and the 
head is of a purer black, but with an admixture of a purplifh glofs. 
The legs are fhort and robuft, and are naked behind ; but on the anterior part they 
are feathered nearly to the toes: the long feathers of the wings are twenty-fix in 
each: the wings are moderately long, but the tail is fhort. 
W* t 
This fpecies is a native of many parts of Europe 3 we have it not in England, bnt 
it is fometimes met with in Scotland and Ireland. All the writers on birds have de- 
fcribed it. Gefner calls it Urogallus and Grygallus, diftinguifhing the male and fe¬ 
male 3 others Urogallus five Tetrao major. 
Tetrao alis albo variegatis , cauda bifurca* 
The forked-tailed Tetrao , with variegated wings . 
^ This is a noble and valuable bird, though mpch inferior to the fofmer 3 it is of the 
bignefs of a well-grown fowl: the head is large, and the eyes bright and piercing 3 the 
ears 
