200 PHEASANT. 



above the level of the crown, giving the appearance of a kind of 

 horn over each eye ; and hangs so deep below, on each side of the 

 jaw, as to appear like wattles ; the feathers on the top of the head, 

 are elongated into a crest, hanging behind ; and this, as well as all 

 the under parts from chin to vent, are purplish black ; the upper 

 parts are in general white, and each feather marked with three or four 

 dusky lines one within another, parallel to the margin ; the tail is 

 cuneiform, the feathers obliquely striated with black, except the two 

 middle, which are plain white ; the legs are red, furnished with 

 a whitish spur behind. 



The female is smaller. Bill brown; irides yellow brown ; eyes 

 surrounded with a red skin, but narrower, and less bright than in the 

 male ; the head is crested, but the feathers less elongated, and with 

 the neck, breast, and upper parts, wings, and rump, are rufous brown, 

 the lower part of the breast, belly, and other parts beneath, white, 

 irregularly mixed with brown, and crossed with undulated black 

 bands; greater quills blackish ; second quills like the back; those 

 nearest the body dotted with white ; tail shorter than in the male, 

 the two middle feathers brown ; the others black and white mixed, 

 and striped obliquely with black ; legs red ; no spurs. 



Inhabits China, known there by the name of Puck-hoan, or 

 White Bird ; is common in our Menageries, and breeds freely ; the 

 eggs of a pale, yellowish ash-colour, with a tinge of red. This sort, 

 as well as the Painted Species, has been turned out at large, with 

 the view of naturalising so beautiful a bird; but we do not find that 

 in either case the attempt has succeeded. 



13— CHITTYGONG PHEASANT. 



SIZE of a Turkey ; length three feet eight inches. Bill bent, 

 longisb, and yellowish ; round the eyes a fine crimson, carunculated 

 skin, as in the last species; the rest of the head, hind part of the 



