PHASIANUS. 
Char. Gen. Tom. II. p. 5. 
Divisio ** PHAsIANI, auctorwm. 
Cauda procumbens. 
Aures tecte. 
PHEASANT. 
Generic Character, Vol. 2, page 5. 
Division ** PHEasants, properly so named. 
Tail bending downwards. 
Ears covered. 
The pheasants of this division have generally a cuneiform 
tail, which is longest in the males, who are also distin- 
guished from the females by the gaiety of their plumage, 
and by the wattled appearance of the sides of their heads. 
Old females that have ceased to breed, often assume the 
general plumage of the males: this curious circumstance, 
which has since been noticed in several gallinaceous birds, 
was first observed in the common pheasant by Edwards. 
PHASTANUS (++) TORQUATUS. 
P. (Mas.) capite, gula, abdomine colloque atro-purpureis 
hdc torque albo; vertice linea utrinque alba; jugulo, 
pectore antice pleurisque rubro-cupreis pennis atro ter- 
minatis; tectricibus plumbeis; dorso atro antice luteo 
maculato, postice albo rubroque yario. 
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