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C. Gula membrand penduld gen<e orbitxque pennis tectae ; 



caput maris cornibus geminis armatum. 

 C. Throat with a pendulous membrane j the cheeks and orbits 



covered with feathers ; the head of the male armed with a 



double horn. 



HORNED PHEASANT. 

 (Phasianus cornutus.) 



PH. Jiisco rttfescens, ocellis albis nigro circumdatis, capiie cornu 



gfmino carultOy gutture membrand penduld. 

 Red-brown Pheasant, with white ocelli, ringed with black ; the 



head with a double blue horn ; the throat with a pendulous 



membrane. 



Phasianus cornutus. Briss. Orn. App. 14. 

 Phasianus Satyrus. Temm. Gatt. Ind. 672. 

 Meleagris Satyra. Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. 269- 3. Lath. Ind. Orn. 



2. 619. 



Penelope Satyra. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 733. l. 

 Le Faisan cornu, ou Napal. Buff"- Ois. 2. 362. Temm. Pig. et 



Gall. -I. 349. 



Horned Turkey. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 680. Lath. Syn. Sup. 2O3. 

 Horned Pheasant. Edw. Birds, pi. 11 6. 



THIS rare and elegant bird is thus described by 

 Latham : " Size between a Fowl and a Turkey : 

 beak brown : the nostrils, fore-part of the head, 

 and round the eyes, covered with slender, black, 

 hairy feathers : top of the head red : behind each 

 eye springs a fleshy, callous, blue substance, like a 

 horn, tending backwards : on the fore-part of the 



