A. GvL\pluniK tectd; genat orbitaque in ruasculis nudae et ver- 



rucosae. 

 A. Throat clothed with feathers ; the cheeks and orbits in the 



males naked and crested. 



a. Caput non cristatum. 

 a. Head not crested. 



COMMON PHEASANT. 

 (Phasianus Colchicus.) 



PH. rufus, capite cottoque c&ruleis cum viridi et aureo-nitentibus, 



corpore supra rufo-splendidis , nigro alboque variegato, candu 



pland, cuneatd. (Feminafusco-grisea, rufescente et nigricante 



i^ariegata.) 

 Red Pheasant, with the head and neck blue, shining with green 



and gold ; the body above splendid rufous, variegated with 



black and white ; the tail plain and wedge-shaped. (Female 



brown-grey, varied with reddish and dusky.) 

 Phasianus Colchicus. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 270. Linn. Faun. 



Suec. Gmel. Syst. Nat. I. 741. 3. Brits. Orn. j. 262. 



Raii. Syn. 56. a. 1. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 629. 4. Temm. 



Gall. Ind. 666. 

 Le Faisan. Buff. Ois. 2. 328. pi. 1 1 .Buff. PI. Enl. 1 21. male. 



122. female. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 28p. Temm. Man. 



d'Orni. 282. 

 Common Pheasant. Albin. Birds. 1. pi. 25. Hayes. Brit. 



Birds, pi. 20. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 712. Lath. Syn. Sup. 207- 



1. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. Mont. Orn. Diet. Sup. Mont. Orn. 



Diet. Sup. App. Bewick. Brit. Birds, 1. 282. Bing. Anim. 



Biog. 2. 237. Don. Brit. Birds, 5. p. 101. Leuin. Brit. 



Birds, 3. pi. 31. Wall. Syn. 2. pi. IJQ.Penn. Brit. Zool. 1. 



p. 28O. 



