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Gallus domesticus. — The Domestic Cock. 
Plate L1II. fig. 2. 
Whole plumage variegated; neck feathers elongated and 
linear; crest or comb notched or dentated; tail erect, arched, 
and compressed; subject to infinite variety of form, size, and 
colours; depending on food and climate; supposed to have 
originated in Asia. 
Genus 3.— PHASIANUS.— Linnaeus. 
Generic Character. —Bill of medium length, strong; upper 
mandible convex, naked at the base, bent downward at the 
point; nostrils basal, lateral, covered by a cartilaginous scale; 
cheeks and ophthalmic region destitute of feathers, and covered 
with a verrucose skin ; ears concealed by feathers; feet with three 
anterior toes united by a membrane as far as the first joint, the 
hind toe articulated upon the tarsus, above which is a conical 
spur in the males; claws blunt; the fourth and fifth quills the 
longest. 
Phasianus Colchicus. — The Common Pheasant. 
Plate LI 11. fig. 4. 
Upper part of the neck dark green with purple and violet- 
blue, iridescent reflections ; lower part of the neck, breast, and 
hypochondria, deep reddish-orange, changing in different lights 
to light purple, or golden bronze-yellow; the feathers heart- 
shaped at tip; middle of the abdomen deep umber-brown; 
irides pale orange; crown bronzed green; tail long, consisting 
of tapered transversely barred feathers ; bill yellowish; feet 
grayish-black. Three feet long. Common over Europe ; sup¬ 
posed originally Asiatic. 
Phasianus pictus .— The Golden Pheasant. 
Plate LI II. fig. 5. 
Golden-yellow above, scarlet beneath ; crest yellow ; feathers 
on the occiput reddish-brown, varied with black lines; tail cunei¬ 
form, and bent downwards. Two feet nine inches long. Inha¬ 
bits China. 
Genus 4.—LOPHOPHOR US— Temminck. 
Generic Character. —Bill long, thick, broad at the base and 
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