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Title: Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina
Year: 1792 (1790s)
Authors: Shaw, George, 1751-1813 Ryley, Charles Reuben, 1752?-1798, ill Reinagle, Philip, 1749-1833, ill Stone, Sarah, ca. 1760-1844, ill Skelton, William, 1763-1848, engraver Edwards, Sydenham, 1769?-1819, engraver
Subjects: Lever, Ashton, Sir, 1729-1788 Leverian Museum (London, England) Zoology Natural history museums Mammals Birds
Publisher: (London) : Impensis Jacobi Parkinson
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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inferiorem excurrit: quod nefcio an cafu potius evenire fufpicarer, quannproprium efle et perpetuum, ni in omnibus quae examinavi fpeciminibus ita feres ccnftanter haberet. Nomen igitur triviale curvirojiris inde dcduflum utileeft ad notam diftinflionis. Nomen etiam Imfeyanus apte fatis pofTit retineri;cum phyficis nempe noftratibus primo hanc avem communicavit uxor leftilTimaDomini Elias Impey Equitis aurati, quae plura fecum ab Indis fpecimina attulit. Magnitudine gallum gallinaceum vulgarem, feu phafianum gallum Linnfei,plene squat Phafianus curviroftris. Femina mare minoi, maxima ex partefufca, notis undulifque pallidioribus et nigrioribus variata. In hoc etiam difFert,quod remiges primarii nigrent; fecundariis nigro ferrugineoque tranfverfe fafci-atis; quodque Cauda fit breviflima, corpori concolor. Crura prasterea non cal-caribus fed tuberibus tantum armata. Illas Indian partes quas Hindoftan nominenorunt hodierni, fcptentrionales prjecipue iiihabitat Phafianus cuniroftris. THE
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Sui. as t:^i^.Acf t/ri-ifs.Jani./pt^f. /■>/ Z2irr/ctrtsv>/.ZtvereanJI£useu//i . ( I03 ) THE IMPEYAN PHEASANT. GENERIC CHARACTER.Checks covered with a fmooth naked fkin. Utu SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. Blackirh-purple Pheafant, with a changeable luftre of green and copper-colour, the body black beneath, the head crefted, the beak long andcrooked. Impeyan Pheafant. Lath. Synopf. Suppl. f. 208. TH E Phafianus curviroftris, or Impeyan Pheafant, is a fpecies knownonly within thefe few years. It is a bird of uncommon beauty andluftre of plumage: the general colour of the wings and back is a rich, glolTy,blackifli purple, varied with changeable hues of green and copper-colour. Thefeathers on the neck are of a narrow and fharpened form, and of a veryblight copper-ferruginous. The orbits of the eyes are furrounded with a nakedfkin of a blueifh-green tinge: the tail is of a bright bay or ferruginouscolour, and is rounded at the end : the under parts of the body are of a dullblack. The

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