PHEASANT. 187 



** CROWN COVERED WITH FEATHERS. 



9.— COMMON PHEASANT. 



Phasianus Colchicus, Ind.Or71.Y1. 629. Lin.'i. 271. Gm. Lin.\. 741. Scop. i. No. 



166. Brun. p. 58. Bris. i. 262. /d. 8vo. i. p. 73. Klein, 114. \. Id. Stem. 25. 



t. 29. B. /d. Ow. 32. t. 14. f. 7. 8. Frisch, t.123. JV. C. Pe/r. xvi. 451. 7. i?aii, 



56. A. 1. Will. 117. t.28. %>/>, Fog-, t. p. 159. Borowsfc. ii. 173. Gen'rc. iii. 



258. Schcef.el.t.hh. Rom. Orn. i. 42. t. 4. Temm. Man. d' Orn. 283. Id. Pig. 



Sf Gall. 8vo. ii. p. 2S9. 

 Fassan, Gunth. Nest. u. Ey. t. 16. Naturf. xvii. 69. 

 Le Faisan, J5i(/". ii. p. 328. pi. 11. Id. Sonnin, vi. p. 155. t. 44. 1. PI. enl. 121. 122. 



Jo/iHSf. Av. t. 24. f. 4. 5. Tab. Enc. Orn. 1S3. pi. 87. f. 1. 

 Fagiano, Zinnan. Uov. 28. t. 2. f. 5. O/m. 17c. t. p. 49. 

 Der Gemeine Fasan, Bechst. Deutch. iii. 412. Id. Ed. ii. v. iii. p. 1160. 

 Common Pheasant, Gen. Si/n. iv. 712. Will. Engl. 163. pi. 28. Albin, i. pi. 25. 26. 



Hayes's Birds, pi. 20. Bewick, i. pi. p. 282. Lemhi's Birds, pi. 131, Id. Eggs, 



pi. xx. No. 1. Walcot, Birds, pi. 178. Donov. Birds, pi. 101. P«/f. Z)ors. p. 7. 



Graves's Br. Orn. Orn. Diet. 



SIZE of a Fowl ; length from two feet and three quarters to three 

 feet ; weight sometimes as far as three pounds extent of wing two 

 feet and a half. Bill horn-colour ; irides yellow ; sides of the head 

 deep crimson, granulated with minute specks of black, running into 

 a point behind, and in old birds elongated over each jaw, like the 

 wattle of a Cock, but not exceeding the length of the feathers at 

 that part; from the nostrils springs a line of greenish black feathers, 

 which passes under the eye, and a little beyond it ; the rest of the 

 head and neck green gold, changing to violet and blue in some 

 lights; the lower part of the neck, breast, and sides glossy reddish 

 chestnut, the feathers margined at the ends with black ; and this 

 colour, rising upwards a little way on the shaft, gives the feather the 



* One killed Dec. 8, 1809, at Irton Hall, near Whitehaven, was 3 ft. 5in. in length, 

 and weighed fifty-six ounces. 



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