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A. G\si.k plumis tectd; gence orbitcsque in masculis nuda et ver^ 

 rucoscE, 



A. Throat clothed with feathers ; the cheeks and orbits in the 

 males naked and crested. 



a. Caput non cristafum, 

 a. Head not crested. 



COMMON PHEASANT. 

 (Phasianus Colchicus.) 



Ph. rufuSy capite collogue cceruleis cum viridi et aureO'tiitentibus, 

 corpore supra rufo-splendidis , nigro alboque variegato, caudd 

 pland, cuneatd. (Femina Jusco-grisea, rufescente et nigricante 

 variegata.) 



Red Pheasant, with the head and neck blue, shining with green 

 and gold ; the body above splendid rufous, variegated with 

 black and white 5 the tail plain and wedge-shaped. {^Female 

 brown-grey, varied with reddish and dusky.) 



Phasianus Colchicus. Linn, Syst. Nat, 1. 270. — Linn. Faun. 

 Suec. — Gmel. Syst, Nat, 1. 741. 3. — Briss, Orn. 1, 262. — 

 Raii. Syn. 56. a. 1. — Lath, Ind. Orn, 2. 629. 4. — Temm, 

 Gall. Ind. 666. 



Le Faisan. Buff. Ois.2. 328. pi. 11. — Buff. PI. Enl. 121. male. 

 122, female. — Temm. Pig. et Gall. 2. 289.— Tm/w. Man. 

 d'Orni. 282. 



Common Pheasant. Albin. Birds. 1. pi. 25. — Hayes, Brit. 

 Birds, pi. 20. — Lath, Gen. Syn. 4. 712. — Lath, Syn. Sup, 207 . 

 1. — Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. — Mont. Orn, Diet. Sup. — Mont. Orn* 

 Diet. Sup, App.'^Bevoich, Brit, Birds, 1. 282. — Bing» Anim. 

 Biog. 2. 237. — Don. Brit. Birds, 5, p, 101. — Letvin, Brit, 

 Birds, 3. pi, 31. — Wall, Syn. 2. pi, 178. — Petm. Brit. Zool. U 

 2J, 280. 



