ial 
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* a= os 
38 THE NATURAL HISTORY 
The Argus is a fourth Species. The general 
plumage is a clay colour {potted with black, the 
face is red, on the back part of the head is a 
bluith creft. , 1 
“The {kin round the eye is dufky, and it has 
black whifkers ; the fore part of the head and the 
throat are red, the wings are grey, fpotted with 
moons or eyes. ‘Ivhe tail is wedge-fhaped, the 
fame colour with the wings. The two middle 
tail feathers are three feet long, fpotted with eyes 
‘Or moons. The legs are furnished with fpurs, 
and it is the fize ofa Agee ae | | 


is very fingular, feems moft at eafe in the dark; 
for then it will fometimes ufe its call, and feems 
quite contented, but when the light is let in, it 
appears quite ftupid and melancholy. ~ > 
The fifth Species is the Chinefe or Golden 
Pheafant. It has a yellow creft, the breaft is a 
rich crimfon, the fecondary feathers in the wings 
-.gre blue, the tail is wedge-fhaped. 
It is furnifhed with fpurs,.the cheeks under the’ 
eyes are naked, The feathers on the back part 
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