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6. The Paduan, which is very large, weighs — 
ae eight to ten pounds, it is long before they 
are compleatly feathered. Some have large heady, 
but thefe are remarkably ftupid, and it is £8! weg 
to be the confequence of difeafe, | | 
Species 2d. Motmot, plumage above dufky, 
beneath a reddifh brown ; the tail wedge-fhaped, 
the outer tail feathers reddifh. Inhabits Brazil 
and Guiana. 
~The 3d Species | is the common Pheataitt: The 
“plumage i is a reddifh brown, the head and neck | 
“are green and gold, 1 in fome fhades oloffed with 
“violet and blue. The tail is wedge-fhaped. The 
cheeks are covered with a naked red fpongy fkin. 
“At breeding time over each ear they have a 
‘little tuft of feathers, fomething like horns, of a 
golden colour glofied with green; befides thefe 
; foe have other feathers with which they can fhut 

the openings of their ears, which are very wide : 
“the cock is furnithed with {purs.: 
The Pheafant is fearcely fo large as the com- 
~ mon Cock, his wings are fhort, and his flight 
~~ flow and heavy : his plumage is next in beauty to. 
the Peacock’s, and his carriage is asnoble. ‘The 
- feathers of the neck and thé-bottom of. the back 
2s | -  @e 
