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Phasianus torquatus. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1, 742. 
Montagu Orn. Dic. Suppl. 
Phasianus colchicus 6. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2, 629. 
Habitat in China indigena, (in Anglia). 
RING PHEASANT. 
(Male). Head, neck, throat, and belly black-purple ; 
neck with a white ring; crown of the head white on each 
side; collar, anterior part of the breast and sides copper- 
red, the feathers tipped with deep black; wing and tail- 
coverts lead-coloured ; back deep black, spotted ante- 
riorly with clay-yellow, variegated posteriorly with white 
and red. 
Ring Pheasant. Lath. Gen. Syn. A, 715. 
— Suppl. p. 208. 
This splendid bird is common in China, whence it has 
been introduced into England, and is now naturalised in 
several parts of the country. 
It is distinguished from P. colchicus (the common phea- 
sant) by the ring of white round its neck, and by the deep- 
indented black spots which terminate the feathers of the 
neck and sides. 
The female is brown, with a mixture of reddish, dark 
brown, and grey, as in the common pheasant, of which it 
is generally supposed to be a variety. 
