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It appears further, that bread or pieces of flesh, by 

 being merely moistened in the crop, are acted upon by the 

 gastric juice, and digested. It was formerly supposed that 

 the bits of quartz which are found in the gizzard, assisted 

 greatly this trituration ; it does not, however, appear to be 

 the case, as the above author found that the gizzard pos- 

 sessed the power within itself. 



" The young of many species included under this order are 

 subject to a disease in the trachia called oscitans, or the 

 gapes, which is produced by a worm of the genus fas- 

 ciola; the only effectual remedy is tobacco smoke." (Wern. 

 Transac. vol. 1. 194.} 



GENUS XXXII. 

 PHASIANUS. 



The bill is short, strong and convex ; the sides of 

 the head is bare, carunculated ; legs most commonly 

 furnished with a spur. 



1. COLCHICUS. PHEASANT. 



Ph. rufus, capile cceruleo cauda cuneata, genispapil- 

 losis. Lath. 



The bill is a plain horn colour ; the nostrils are 

 hid under an arched covering; the irides are light 

 yellow, surrounded in the male by a red space much 

 resembling a piece of scarlet cloth, finely spotted 



