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"were of the fame colour, its train grew out, and 
was fpotted with eyes. 
There is a variety of the Peacock whofe fea- 
thers are perfectly white, andconftantly fo. They ~— 
do not, like Hares and Foxes, and feveral other 
‘qnimals, in cold northern countries, become white 
only in the winter, and afterwards change their 
colour again, but they and their young are al- 
ways white. The eyes or moons may be diftin- 
; guifhed in the tail of the male, they are white, 
but of a different fhade. 
_ Another variety is produced between a white . 
Peacock and a common Peahen; thefe are pied, 
in fome parts white, in others like the common 
Pea-fowl. 
There is another fpecies called the Iris Pea- 
cock,—the feathers on the head are long, and 
form a kind of creft; on the back part of each 
leg are two fpurs. “The wing feathers are each 
marked near the ends with a roundifh {pot of | 
golden purple, which, in fome lights, feem to 
change to blue and green. The train is longer 
.than the tail, and each feather {potted at thé end 
with a circle of black, and of orange.. 
_ This bird inhabits China. 
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