186 PHEASANT. 



so as to hang on each side of the throat. It may therefore be sup- 

 posed, that the specimen, from which it was figured was not of adult 

 age. It is said to be very shy in its wild state, but how far it may 

 be domesticated is vet unknown. 



8— BUTOOL PHEASANT. 



THE bill in this bird is black, and bent at the point; on the top 

 of the head an erect, rounded, flat, crenated crest; and on the throat 

 a kind of wattle, both similar to, and the colour of, those of a Cock ; 

 sides of the head, above the eye, white ; below the eye, and sides of 

 the throat black ; the rest of the plumage of the body olive green, 

 paler beneath ; back and rump darkest, crossed with numerous white 

 lines ; wings rufous, marked about the middle with an oblique white 

 band; quills dark greenish black; the tail is rather more than half 

 the length of the bird, the two middle feathers broad at the base, 

 and lessening towards the point ; colour pale green, crossed with 20 

 or more, broadisb, dusky blue, or blackish bars; the two next, on 

 each side, are broad for about half the length, where they become 

 very narrow, and after continuing so for some way, enlarge again, 

 and finally turn into a half circle, broadest at the ends ; these 

 feathers are pale green half way; the remaining, or end half, dusky 

 black ; the legs are stout, dull red, with blackish segments, and 

 furnished with a large, strong, black, and sharp spur behind, nearly 

 straight ; claws black. 



This bird is well represented in a fine collection of drawings 

 belonging to Sir John Anstruther, Bart, and by the writing at the 

 bottom, in the Persic tongue, it is called Gilwut, and found on the 

 hills of Butool (or Betool) : the drawing is said to be one-fourth of 

 the natural size, and as this was nearly twenty inches, the total 

 length, tail included, must be not far short of seven feet. 



