that from a kind of ambiguity in its appearance, it may 
feem to bear almoft as much 'affinity to the genus Co- 
lumba as to that of Tetrao ; and indeed in a dried fpe- 
cimen it is not eafy to decide with abfolute precifion to 
which genus it fhould with the greateft propriety be 
referred. The prefent figure was taken from the living 
bird, and exhibits with great fidelity its feveral charac¬ 
ters. The eyelids are Angularly formed ; being regu¬ 
larly furrounded by a feries of rifing crenatures of the 
mod vivid fcarlet. The creft alfo, which is of a ftruc- 
ture peculiarly delicate, adds greatly to the beauty of 
the bird. It is a native of Malacca, and fome of the 
Eaft-Indian iflands. It fhould be obferved that in fome 
fpecimens, (perhaps males,) a certain number of long, 
black, rifing briftles appear, feated at the bafe of the 
front: thefe in the prefent fpecimen were wanting. It 
may be added, that notwithHanding the difference of 
its genus, this bird bears a linking affinity with the Cu- 
culus Perfa of Linnmus. 
