G r a k x e . — Minor or MiBdjii. 456. E t f i t i . i. 17. inhabits the ifland
o f Hainan.
Greater Mino, ii. 457. Edw. 17. may be taught to talk, whiffle,
and fing very well, even better than a parrot; its food is
fruits 5 i f denied what it likes, will whine like a young
child; it inhabits eyery ills, and poifibly the continent
eaft of the Ganges.
Crefted, ii. 464. Edw. jg. This has the faculty o f fpeech, 8ec.
like the preceding ; frequent on the Chinefe papers or
paintings.’
Barbet.— Grand, ii. 502. PI. Enl. 871.
C u c k o o .— Spotted, ii. 516. PI. Enl. 764.
Cbinefe, i i . 5 3 0 .
Wood-pegker.— Bengal, i i . 3 8 1 .
K i n g s - f i s h e r .— Cape, i i . 6 1 0 .
Black-capped, i i . 6 2 5 . PI. Enl. 6 7 3 .
Common, i i . 626. Br. Zool. i . p. 246. ArEl. Zool. p. 280.
Hoopoe.— Common, ii. 687. Br. Zool, N° 90.
C reeper.— Grey, Supp. 133.
N u t - h a t c h .— Cbinefe, Latbdm, i i . 6 5 5 .
I I I . G a l l i n a c e o u s .
P e a c o c k Crefted, ii. 668. PI. Enl. 433. 4 3 4 . Peacocks are
found in vaft numbers in a ftate o f nature, as well as do-
mefticated, in the province o f Huang-tung, and abundance
are fent from thence to different parts of the empire.
Iris, or peacock-pheafant, iv. 673. This is a native o f the
provinces bordering oh Thibet. The Thibet Peacock o f
M. Brijfm is no other than this bird. It is well figured in
tab. 67,69, o f Mr, Edwards’s w'ork.
P h e a s an t .— Common, iv. 712. This fpecies abounds in all parts
o f China and Chinefe Tartary, as does the' variety with a
white ring round the neck.
Argus, iv. 710. This is a magnificent fpecies found in China.
Mr. Edwards has given two figures o f this rare bird, one
in the Phil. Tranf. vol. Iv. p. 88. and the other never
publiihed, of which he prefented me with feveral. It is
o f the fize of a large turkey-cock; the middle tail Feathers
are two feet long: the primary feathers o f the wings very
broad, and one web moil; attrafiively ocellated. The
hiftory is unknown. Its refidence is in the north o f China
and in Korea. There is irt the Chinefe . empire, a bird,
whether o f this genus I will not determine, with fom’e o f
the tail feathers fix feet and one inch long, and an inch
and a half broad ; colors white, edged with dull buff;
webs as i f ferrated on each fide o f the ihaft with black
upon the white ground. The bird is faid to havebeen in
. . C c 2 ■ body
III.
G a l l in a c e o u s .