. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . J ( 35 )■ ^he JVhite China Pheafant, Numb. XXXVII. IT was about the bignefs of our Englijh Pheafants; itsBill is of a dufky yellow j from the Bafe of the upperChap all along the top of the Head was a Creft of blackFeathers hanging down behind j the Eye is encompalTed withwhite, and round that a fcarlet Colour powdered with fmallSpecks of dark red, which reach from the Bill to the hindpart of the Head, and are much broader than the red in ourCock Pheafantsy the Neck, Back, Wings a
. A natural history of birds : illustrated with a hundred and one copper plates, curiously engraven from the life . J ( 35 )■ ^he JVhite China Pheafant, Numb. XXXVII. IT was about the bignefs of our Englijh Pheafants; itsBill is of a dufky yellow j from the Bafe of the upperChap all along the top of the Head was a Creft of blackFeathers hanging down behind j the Eye is encompalTed withwhite, and round that a fcarlet Colour powdered with fmallSpecks of dark red, which reach from the Bill to the hindpart of the Head, and are much broader than the red in ourCock Pheafantsy the Neck, Back, Wings and Tail arewhite, with fome faint Shades and Marks. From the Bafeof the under Chap is a black Mark on the Throat, whichincreafes in Breadth on the Breaft and Belly waved on eachfide, and decreafes under the Vent ending in a Point on theunder fide of the Tail j the Thighs are alfo black, the Legsand Feet are of a fcarlet Colour, the Claws black; this BirdI faw at a Lady\ at Enfield^ where I made a drawing fromit. I do not find this Bird defcribed in any The ( 36 )The Buflard. Numb. XXXVIII. XXXIX. TT is as big as the Turkey; its length from the tip of the Bill to the end—• of the Tail was lixty Inches; its breadth between the Wings, whenextended, two Yards and a half; its Bill like a Hens, the upper Chapbeing fomething crooked; the Head and Neck are alli coloured, theBelly white,- the Back is variegated with red and black tranfverfe Lines;it wants the back Toe, which is efpecially remarkable; for by this Notealone, and its bignefs, it is fufficiently diftinguhlied from all other Birdsof this kind: It feeds upon Corn, Seeds of Herbs, Col worts. Dandelionleaves, ^c. In the Stomach of one diffe^led was found a great Quan-tity of Hemlock Seed, with three or four Grains of Barley, and that inHarveft time; they are found on Newmarket and Royjlon Heaths inCamhrtdgJJdire and Suffolk-, and elfevv^here in Waftes and Plains: Theyare of flow flight, and when they are upon the
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