PHEASANT. 



GALLING. 



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PHAS1ANID.K. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS (Linnaeus*). 

 THE PHEASANT. 



Phasianus colchicus. 



PHASIANUS, Brisson^. Bill of moderate length, strong ; upper mandible 

 convex, naked at the base, and with the tip bent downwards. Nostrils basal, 

 lateral, covered with a cartilaginous scale ; cheeks, and the skin surrounding the 



* Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 271 (1766). f Ornithologie, i. p. 262 (1760). 



