when -wild, that there appears now and then a hen Phcafdnt 

 ■with the feathers of the cock ; and all they have decided on the 

 -fubjeel is, that this animal does not breed, and that the fpurs 

 do not grow j.V and adds " that in two of thefe birds which he 

 diflec~ted, he found them perfectly feminine, having both the 

 ovaria and the ovi-duct ; " to the latter we can bear teftimony, 

 for on directing feveral early in the prefent year (1811) we 

 found in the ovarium of one, a number of fmall feed-like eggs, 

 and, others fomewhat enlarged ; the birds were all unufuallv 

 1 fat, and had the appearance of having been fatted, though 

 they were all mot in a wild ftate ; from the above circum- 

 ftance we conceive the change may have taken place owing to 

 the abfence of the other fex. 



< Several varieties of this fpecies have at different times been 

 •met with in this country, but none of them as far as we can 

 learn is permanent 5 the variety we have figured is known by 

 the name of the Ring Pheafant, was introduced by the late 

 vDuke of Northumberland, and will moft probably be foon 

 •loft as a diftinft bird, as it breeds readily with the prefent bird, 

 •and many, if not moft of the birds now met with, have fome 

 appearance of white round the neck : birds of this fpecies en- 

 tirely white, are frequently feen ; one of thofe that we faw 

 laft feafon, evidently belonged to the ringed variety ^ as the ring 

 : was confpicuous by being of a different fliade of whitcnefs* 



