1^0 Varieties, 



cock-pheasant half grown with two pullets 

 of the same age, either game, bantam, or 

 common, as may be desired. 



The best known varieties of the phea- 

 sant, are the golden, the silver, the pea- 

 cock or SPOTTED, and the common Euro- 

 pean or English, generally brown with a 

 less brilliancy of colouring. Mr. Castang, 

 however, enumerates six distinct varieties-, 

 exclusive of the common ; as follow : the 

 gold and silver, natives of China, and 

 very hardy in this country, and good breed- 

 ers. The RING-NECKS, nativcs of Tartary, 

 bred in China, very scarce ; their plumage 

 very beautiful. The white and pied ; both 

 sorts will intermix readily w4th our common 

 breed, as will the Bohemian, one of the 

 most beautiful of its kind, and equally 

 scarce. The golden variety is generally 

 of the highest price, the common most 

 hardy, and of the largest size. 



