The Bird described was shot on the River Tame in Warwickshire. I have seen four of them, 1. One at Venice in Italy: 2. One in Yorkshire at Dr. Hewleys, shot near Cawood: 3. A third in the Repository of the Royal Society: 4. A fourth in the house of my honoured friend Mr. Richard Darley in London, taken in the Isle of Jarsey. They differ something one from another in colours. For some of them have a ring about their necks, their Back, Neck and Head blacker, and painted with little white lines: Others want the ring, and have the upper side of their bodies more ash-coloured or grey, varied with white specks, and not lines. Perchance these are the Hens, those the Cocks.