PHEASANT. 179 



So Turtles pair, 

 That never mean to part. 



— Wintei-'s Tale IV., 3. 



Like to a pair of loving Turtle Doves, 

 That could not live asunder day or night. 



1st King Henry VI,, 2, 2. 



As true as steel, as plantage to the moon, 

 As sun to day, as Turtle to her mate. 



— Troilus and Cressida III,, Z. 



By nature soft I knovsr a Dove, 

 Can never live without her love. 



Prior — Turtle and Sparroio. 



Loved at first like Dove and Dove. 



Tennyson. 



And numerous other poetical illustrations to the same effect might 

 be given. 



[Genus — Ectopistes.] 



[EcTOPiSTEs MiGRATORius — Passenger Pigeon.] 



A very rare straggler. 



[Order— PTEROCLETES.] 



[Family— PTEROCLID^.] 



[Genus— SYRRHAPTES.] 



[ Syrrhaptes paradoxus — Pallas's Sand-Grouse.] 



Has occasionally occurred in large numbers, particularly in 1863. 



Order— GALLING. 



Family— PHASIANID^. 



Genus— PHx\SIANUS. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS— Pheasant. 



Advocate's the court-word for a Pheasant. 



Shakespeare— [Fi?ito''s Tale IV., 3. 



The gaudy Pheasant, rich with varying dyes, 

 That fade alternate, and alternate glow, 

 Receiving now his colours from the skies, 

 And now reflecting back the watery bow. 



Anon. 



