body no larger than a pigeon. One o f the kind died on
board the ill ip in 1781, in its paffage from China. Colonel
Davies, o f the artillery, made an accurate drawing from
the feather itfelf, and favored me with a fight o f his performance.
Golden, iv. 717. Edw. 68, 69. This lpecies is among the moil:
fplendid of the feathered creation, Is not uncommon
in the Britijb menageries,, and hardy enough to bear our
climate in a ftate of liberty, i f the brilliancy of its colors
did not make it the mark o f our poachers, and quickly
bring on its extirpation. It breeds readily in confinement;
its eggs are redder than thofe o f the common pheafant.
Thefe birds are called in China, Kin-ki, or Golden hens.
They are found in the provinces o f Tunan, Se-chwen, and
Sben-Ji; its flefh is more delicate than the common kind.
Silver, iv. 719. Edw. 66. In brilliancy of colors this fpecies
muff give way to the preceding; but not in elegance. The
whole upper part o f the male being white, moil: beautifully
pencilled with black lines, the lower o f a fine purple
black ; breeds with us in confinement.
Superb, iv. 709.
Pencilled, iv. 719.
Fire-backed, Embafly to China, vol. i. p. 246. tab. 13. Nat.
Mifc. pi. 321.
Partridge.— Pearled, iv. 772. Briffbn i. 234. tab. 28. The Cbinefe
in fevere weather keep their hands warm by holding this
and the Chinefe quail between their palms, as appears in
many o f their painted papers.
Chinefe, iv. 783. Edw. 247. PI. Enl. 126. Not above four
inches long. The male is fcarcer than the female. The
Europeans buy up the females to makes pies for their
homeward voyage.
Common, iv. 779. Pl. Enl. 170. Thefe are trained by the
Chinefe for fighting, as we do the fighting cocks in England.
Hackled, iv. 766. tab. 66. common to China and the Cape of
Good Hope. Du Halde mentions a fand partridge,; I fup-
pofe the Tetrao Arenaria o f Pallas, Nov. Com. Petrop.
xix. 418. tab. 8. Iter. iii. 699. Latbamiw.’jEt.. He fays
that partridges are feen in China by thoufands in a flock,
and appear in clouds together.
Green, iv. 777.
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P i g e o n .— Crefted, iv. 668.
Queeft, iv. 635. Br. Zool.\. N° 102.
Chinefe Turtle, iv. 647.
Collared T. iv. 648.
Striated T . iv. 650.
Barred T. iv. 650. Edw. 16.
Blue crowned T .iv . 655.
Great Turtle, Sannerat, ii. 178, as large as the Englijh Queeft.
Chinefe grey, iv. 649. Sonnerat, ii. tab. 102.
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