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RING PHEASANT. 



that cannot find sufficient room at one trough 

 follow him with the same familiarity to others. 

 They are fond of corn, but will often feed on the 

 wild berries of the woods, and on acorns : the young 

 are fed with the pupae of ants ; they are also fond 

 of other insects and worms. 



It is generally supposed that Pheasants had their 

 origin in Asia, having been introduced into Europe 

 from the banks of the Phasis, a river of Colchis, 

 about the time of the Argonauts : however, they 

 are now found in all the southern parts of that 

 continent, and, over the greatest part of Asia, 

 but not in Africa or the New World. They are 

 abundant in the southern parts of England, but 

 rare in the nOrth and in Scotland. 



RING PHEASANT. 

 (Phasianus torquatus.) 



Pit. capite, guldj ahdomine colloque atro-purpureis : hoc torque 

 albo., vertice lined utrinque albd,jugulo pectore antice plurisque 

 rubro-cupreis ; pennis atro terminaiis, tectricibus plumbeiSf 

 dorso atro antice luteo maculato, postice albo rubroque vario. 



Pheasant with the head, throat, belly, and neck black, the latter 

 with a white ring 5 crown of the head with a white line on 

 each side; collar, anterior part of the breast and sides, 

 copper red, the feathers tipped with deep black y wing and 



