PHEASANT. 223 



Var. 0. A priore differt colors albo, maculis, phasianis vulgarim 



coloribus imbutis, vario. 

 This differs in being white, variegated with the colours of the 



common sort. 



Phasianus Colchicus, Tar. A. varius. Temm. Gall. Ind. 667. 

 Phasianus varius. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 630. y. Brits. Orn. 1. 



267. a. pi. 25. f. 3. Qmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 742. 

 Le Faisan pannache. Buff. Ois. 2. 252. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 



2.309. 

 Variegated Pheasant. Hayes. Brit. Birds, pi. 21. Lath. Gen. 



Syn. 4. 267. 



Var. y. corpus totum album immaculatum. 

 With the whole body of an immaculate white. 

 Phasianus Colchicus, var. B. albus. Temm. Gall. Ind. 667. 

 Phasianus albus. Briss. Orn. 1. 268. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 742. 



3. d. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 630. var. 

 Le Faisan blanc. Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 3J2. 

 White Pheasant. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 7J6. 



IT is almost needless to descant upon the 

 plumage of this elegant and well known bird : but 

 it is necessary that it should be described, as it 

 serves to exemplify the species: its usual length, 

 including its tail, is about three feet : its weight 

 nearly three pounds : its beak is pale yellowish 

 horn-colour : irides yellow : the cheeks are covered 

 with a scarlet velvety down, minutely spotted 

 with black : the head and neck are of a change- 

 able golden hue, with blue and violet reflections : 

 the sides of the head near the occiput are adorned 

 (at least in the courting season) with a tuft of 

 ear-like golden-green feathers : the lower part of 

 the neck, the breast, the belly, and the sides, are 

 of a most brilliant chesnut-purple, the whole of 

 the feathers being bordered with black, with violet 



