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DIARD'S PHEASANT. 



Phaslanus versicolor. VIEILJLOT. 

 PLATE XIV. MALE.XV. FEMALE. 



Le Faisan versicolor, Phasianus versicolor, Vieillot, Gal 

 lerie des Qiseaux, pi. 205. Temminck, Planches Coloriees. 

 Male, pi. 486. Female, pi. 493. 



THIS beautiful pheasant was first noticed by M. 

 Diard, who procured a specimen which had been 

 imported to Batavia, and is first figured and de- 

 scribed by M. Vieillot in his Gallery, and since by 

 M. Temminck, who has also added the portrait of the 

 female, both of which have been used for the accom- 

 panying illustrations. It is a native of Japan, fre- 

 quenting the woods, according to Seiboldt, and pos- 

 sessing the manners and habits of the common bird. 



Diard's pheasant is nearly of the size and form of 

 the common naturalised breed, but the tail is some- 

 what shorter in proportion. The naked space of 

 the cheeks is bright scarlet. The head and upper 

 part of the neck are of a golden green, with violet 

 reflections ; the throat and fore part of the neck of 

 a lively blue ; lower part of the neck, breast, and 

 upper parts of the body, of a deep green, with a 



