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PHEASANT. 



ish black on the wings, which are also mingled with 

 white. Over the eye there is a bare piece of scarlet- 

 coloured skin. 



PHEASANT. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS. 



Family Phasianid^, Genus Phasianus. 



The Pheasant is not a native bird in the British 

 Isles, but was introduced from the East at some early 

 period in our history before the Norman Conquest. 

 It is distributed throughout the British Isles. It has 

 never really become acclimatised, and consequently 



