The White China Pheafant.
Numb. X X X V I I .
IT was about the bignefs of our Englijh Pheafants; its
Bill is of aduiky yellow; from the Bafe of the upper
Chap all along the top of the Head was a Creft o f black
Feathers hanging down behind; the Eye is encompafled with
white, and round that a fcarlet Colour powdered with fmall
Specks of dark red, which reach from the Bill to the hind
part of the Head, and are much broader than the red in our
Cock Pheafants; the Neck, Back, Wings and Tail are
white, with feme faint Shades and Marks. From the Bafe
of the under Chap is a black Mark oh the Throat, which
increafes in Breadth on the Breaft and Belly waved on each
fide, and decreafes under the Vent ending m a Point on the
under fide of the Tail; the Thighs are alfo black, the Legs
and Feet are o f a fcarlet Colour, the Claws black; thisBird
j faw at a Lad/s at Enfield| where I made a drawing from
it. I do not find this Bird defcribed in any Author.
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