THE PHEASANT. 



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Tcmminck's Horned Pheasant. 



of Europe. It is said to be common in Tartary, and some pans o c lchi now Georgia, 



^as ascribed by the ancients to Jason, who conducted the Argonautm expecM ^ ^ thirty . seven years 



^. "•^mm&SSto* ■ before the birth of our Saviour It is a 



£i l M$*S wUSk&&*. hardy bird, and hoars the co d months 



■^'^>'i / 1Wl4BHHB»'' very well. Its nest is built on the 



ground, and contains from ten to eighteen 

 eggs. 



Temminck's Horned Pheasant is a 

 bird as rare as it is beautiful, and is a 

 native of China and Thibet. Of its 

 habits and manners in a state of nature 

 very little is accurately known. Only 

 one living specimen has as yet been 

 brought to Europe. Its we is between 

 that V a common fowl and a Turkey 

 It derives the name of Horned Pheasant 

 from the two fleshy horns that arise 

 from behind the eyes. 



Common Phe 



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