194 PHEASANT. 



In the Hist, des Ois. we find a bird by the name of Demi-Poule 

 d'Inde, said to proceed from the Cock and Turkey. It is mostly 

 of a dark colour, like a Vulture; has neither comb nor wattles; 

 carries its tail like a Turkey ; and stands very high on its legs. 



This last is said to be peculiar to the Isle of Java, where it is 

 kept for the sake of fighting. The late Mr. Woodford informed me 

 that he had seen at the Bishop of Winchester's, at Farnham Castle, 

 a mixed breed, between the Common and Pencilled Pheasant; the 

 general colour brown and grey, and in no instance could he see any 

 marks of the splendid colours of the Common Pheasant. We have 

 heard the same of the Gold Pheasant, and that the descendants were 

 entirely destitute of the gay plumage they seem to have such a 

 title to. 



10— PAINTED PHEASANT. 



Phasianus pictus, Ind. Orn. ii. 630. Lin. i. 272. Gm. Lin. i. 743. Amcen. Ac. i. 562. 



t. 1. Borowsk. ii. 173. t. 29. Gerin. iii.. t. 260. Spaloivsk. ii. t. 29. Mus. 



Lev. 206. t. 50. Tern. Man. Ed. ii. Anal. p. xc. Id. Pig. Sf Gall. 8vo. ii. p. 341. 

 Phasianus sanguineus, Klein, 114. 3. 



— — aureus Sinensis, Bris. i. 271. Id. 8vo. i. 76. 



Faisan dore de la Chine, Buf. ii. 355. PL enl. 217. — male and female. Gabin. de 



Madrid, i. p. 49. lam. 21. 

 Gold Fassan, Gtmth. Nest. u. Ey. t.24. Naturf. xiv. S. 204. Schmid, Fog. p. 94. t. 80. 

 Painted, or Gold Pheasant, Gen. Syn.'w. 717. Ediv. pi. 68. 69. Albin, iii. pi. 36. 



Hayes Birds, pi. 22. 



THIS is smaller than the Common Pheasant ; length two feet 

 nine inches and a half. Bill and irides yellow ; plumage in general 

 crimson ; on the head the feathers are greatly elongated, of a glossy, 

 or gilded yellow, appearing like silk, and falling over the nape 

 behind ; cheeks very sparingly covered with feathers, and flesh- 

 coloured ; those of the hindhead orange-coloured, square at the ends, 

 crossed with black lines; they are long, and hang down on the neck, 

 but capable of being erected as in the Cock ; lower down the feathers 

 are green, and rounded at the ends, which are black ; back and 



