inch and fix lines, and to the ends of the toes two 
feet one inch. The bill meafures one inch and feven 
lines from the tip to the corners of the'mouth : the 
tail meafures eight inches: the foot three inches fix 
lines ; and the middle toe with the claw three inches; 
the lateral ones are a little Ihorter ; ancl the hind toe 
does not exceed an inch in 4ength. The male at the 
hind part of each foot is furnifhed with two fpurs, of 
which the fuperior is the fhorteft. The wings, when 
clofed, do not extend beyond the beginning of the 
tail. The head, throat, neck, breafi, belly, fides, 
legs, and lower tail-coverts are afli-coloured, and 
variegated with fmall blackifh lines: The back, 
rump, wing-coverts and fcapularies are alfo alli-co- 
loured, with blackifh lines, and are fprinkled over 
with very fmall whitifh fpots, and marked with two 
large round fpots of bright blue, varying into 
violet and gold-coloured reflexions : tnefe fpots arc 
fcattered over the upper part of the back, the fca- 
pularics, and the wing-coverts. The wing-feathers 
and upper tail-coverts are afh-coloured with black¬ 
ifh lines ; and each wing-feather is marked on the 
middle towards the tip with two large bright-blue 
fpots with the fame violaceous and gilded tinges as 
before, and feated one above the other: each tail- 
feather alfo is marked by four fuch fpots, two on 
each fide, one above the other. The middle of thefe 
tail-feathers are the longeft ; the fide-fcathers gra¬ 
dually fhortening to the exterior. The irides of the 
eyes are yellow: the beak cinereous, and the claws 
blackifh. This bird is a native of the kingdom of 
Tibet.” 
