166 AVES RASORES. [CALLUS. 



* (10.) G. Morio, Temm. (Negro Cock.) Pig. et Gall. torn. n. 

 p. 253. 



Originally from India. Remarkable for having the comb, wattles, skin, 

 and periosteum black. 



*(11.) G. lanatus, Temm. (Silk Cock.) Pig. et Gall, tom.n. p. 256. 



A native of Japan. Has the webs of the feathers disunited, and of a 

 very silky texture. Plumage white. 



* (12.) G. crispus, Briss. (Frizzled Cock.) Temm. Pig. et Gall. 



torn. ii. p. 259. 



From Asia. All the feathers reflexed, and as it were curled. Smaller 

 than the common poultry. 



* (13.) G. ecaudatus, Temm. (Rumpless Cock.) Pig. et Gall. torn. n. 

 p. 267. 



Inhabits Ceylon. No tail or tail-coverts: wants the last dorsal 

 vertebra. 



* GEN. 56. PHASIANUS, Linn. 



* 145. P. Colchicus, Linn. (Common Pheasant.) Head and neck 

 metallic green, glossed with blue; breast and flanks reddish orange 

 with purple reflections, the feathers edged and tipped with violet black. 



P. Colchicus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. torn. n. p. 453. Id. Pig. et Gall. torn. n. 

 D. 289. Common Pheasant, Mont. Orn. Diet. Selb. Illust. vol. i. p. 417. 

 pi. 57. 



DIMENS. Entire length three feet : length of the bill (from the forehead) one 

 inch two lines, (from the gape) one inch four lines ; of the tarsus three inches ; of 

 the tail one foot nine inches ; from the carpus to the end of the wing ten inches : 

 breadth, wings extended, two feet seven inches six lines. (Male.) 



DESCRIPT. (Male.) Head and neck of a rich metallic green, passing beneath 

 into blue and violet ; on each side of the occiput a tuft of dark golden green feathers 

 capable of being erected at will, and most conspicuous in the breeding season : a 

 large naked space on the cheeks, thickly studded with scarlet papillae intermixed 

 with minute black specks : lower part of the neck, breast, belly, and sides, of a bril- 

 liant orange red, with a faint tinge of purple, each 

 )f the abdc 



with violet black ; lower part of the abdomen, and thighs, blackish brown : sca- 

 pulars, and feathers on the back, dusky brown in the middle, broadly edged with 

 purplish orange, within which is a yellowish white band ; lower part of the back, 

 tail-coverts, and saddle-hackle feathers, exhibiting different shades of green, inter- 

 mixed with orange and purple : primary and secondary quills dusky brown, with 

 yellowish white bars : tertials and wing-coverts reddish yellow, stained and spotted 

 with dark purple-red : tail long, and very much cuneated, of an olive-gray, or 

 grayish brown colour, with transverse black bars, each feather being fringed with 

 purplish red: bill pale horn-colour: hides yellowish orange: feet grayish black: 

 spurs sharp and pointed, half an inch or more in length. (Female.) Smaller: 

 general colour of the plumage yellowish brown, variegated with gray and rufous ; 

 head, neck, and upper part of the body, with the central portion of each feather 

 black : region of the eyes feathered : tail much shorter than in the male bird, but 

 barred in a similar manner. ( Young of the year, till after the first moult.) Of 

 a uniform gray colour, somewhat resembling the adult female : spur of the male 

 short and blunt. Varieties, white and pied, are not unfrequent. (Egg.) Uniform 

 olive-brown : long. diam. one inch ten lines ; trans, diam. one inch five lines. 



Var. (3. Ring Pheasant. Bew. Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 321. With a collar of 

 white round the neck. This variety, which is not uncommon, has originally pro- 

 ceeded from a cross between this and the following species, with which last it must 

 not be confounded. 



