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a erelt: fides o f the head,, throat,, and fore-part o f the nedr„
white: from each corner of the mouth is a black line,, continued
backwards : under each eye is a fmall fpot o f lively red: the upper
parts of the body are brown; the under parts- dirty-white vent
red: on the lower part of the neck and bread a kind of a brown
band: quills brown : the tail is much cuneiform in lhape; in colour
brown, but the four outer feathers on each fide have white
tips : legs and claws black..
“ This is a Chinefe bird, and called in thofe parts by the name o f
Kowkaicon.” _
I had a pair of thefe birds, which I bought i n Canton, and kept
alive till I got off the Cafe of Good Hope. They would eat rice, but
were fondeft of Cockroaches, with which I principally fed them.
I believe their death was owing to negledl, occafioned by the bad
weather we experienced at that time.
