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compared with the common pheasant. The hen is 

 decidedly lighter in general appearance than the hen 

 of the common pheasant, but otherwise is very like 

 her. I have imported hens from their native home in 

 the Caucasus, and also from China, and they are very 

 similar to the common pheasant of this country ; but 

 the hen of the Versicolor is much darker and smaller, 

 and could not be mistaken for either of the others. 



