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of the head are orange coloured, fquare at the 
‘ends, and crofied with black lines. 
The plumage of this bird is fo rich and beauti- 
fal, that it has been introduced into England, 
and breeds here very well. 
_ He can at pleafure raife his beautiful and filky 
ereft, and the feathers on the back of his head. 
After the hens are about four years old, their 
‘plumage improves in beauty, and becomes more 
Jike that of the cock ;. when they are young it is 
fo very«plain, that they would fearcely be fup- 
pofed to be of the fame {pecies. There have 
been inftances when the hen has acquired fuch 
beautiful feathers, as greatly to refemble the cock 5 
and this we fee is not unfrequent with many of 
the Genera of the Galline. | : 
_ Hans Sloane kept a cock Gold Pheafant for 
fifteen years. With the common Pheafant it will 
produce a mixed breed. 
The fleth is efteemed a greater delicacy than 
that of any other Pheafant, and the bird is fo 
hardy, that in time it may become as frequent 
with us as the common Pheafant. z 
"The fixth Species is called the Pencil’d Pheafant. 
The plumage above is white, the creft and 
Stomach are black, the tail is wedge-fhaped. 
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