332 PHASIANID./E. 



on the neck, and approaching to buffy white on the chest, 

 back, and wings, apparently from weakness and consequent 

 defective secretions. 



In addition to the Ring-necked Pheasant, the Phasianus 

 torquatus of Gmelin, figured in Gray's Illustrations of 

 Indian Zoology, called also Ph. albotorquatus by Bonn. ; 

 the beautiful Ph. versicolor of Vieillot, Gallerie des Oiseaux, 

 tab. 205, called also Ph. Diardi by Temminck, with a figure 

 in the Planches Coloriees, is now to be found in the pre- 

 serves of several landed proprietors. 



The first of these Pheasants was brought originally from 

 China ; the second from Japan. 



