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The Silver Pheasants, (Ph. Nycthemerus, L.) Enl. 

 123, 124, Edw. t. m. 



White, with very fine black lines on each feather, 

 and all the under parts black. 



The Golden Pheasant, Ph. Pictus, L. Enl. Sly. 



So remarkable for its beautiful plumage. Beneath, 

 it is of a fiery red ; a beautiful golden-coloured crest 

 hangs from the head ; the neck is furnished with a 

 small collar, orange-coloured, speckled with black ; 

 the top of the back is green ; the lower part of the 

 back and the rump yellow ; the wings red, with a 

 fine white spot ; the tail very long, brown, spotted 

 with grey, &c. It appears to me, that the descrip- 

 tion of the phoenix, given by Pliny (lib. x. ch. 2,) 

 was made from this beautiful bird. 



The females of all the pheasants have the tail 

 shorter than the male, and the plumage varied with 

 different greys or browns. 



Add— 



Ph. Versicolor, Ph. Diardi, Tem., discovered by 

 MM. Diard and Duvaucel, Vieill. Gal. pi. 205. 



Head, neck, and breast, copper-green; abdomen, 

 blackish-brown; quills, pale-brown, white spotted; 

 tail, pale-brown, ash-coloured spots ; head with violet.. 



