Phasianus 



RING 



COL CHIC US. 



PHEASANT, 



Generic Character^ 



Bill fhbrt, ftrong,. convex. 



Noftrils covered by an arched procefs. 



Sides of the head covered with a bare granulated fldri. 



Legs ftrohg, ufually furnifhed with a fpur on the infide^ 



Toes connected at their bafe by a ftrong membrane. 



Synonyms. 



PhAsianus cOlchicus. Lin Syft. i. p. 270. 3. Ind. 



Orn. 2. 629. 



— — m Far. (3. 2nd. Orn. 2. p. 629. 4; 



Ring Pheasant. Lath. Syn. 4. p. 715. lb. Supt* 



p. 208. 



Common Pheasant; Lath. Syn. 4. p. 712.4; Mont. 



Orn. DiEl. Vol. 2. Bewick's 

 Br. Birds i Pt. 1. p. 283. 



H I S beautiful fpecies when full grown is generally three 

 feet in length, and weighs about three pounds ; bill ftrong and 

 iharp ; irides yellow ; the eyes furrounded by a warty fkin of 

 the mod beautiful fcarlet colour* which extends nearly over 

 the fides of the head, and is minutely fpeckled with black ; 

 tail cuniform, compofed of eighteen feathers : the two centre 

 ones are nearly twenty inches long, the others gradually de- 

 oreafe in length, the fhorteft being lefs than fix inches $ 



legs 



