PAINTED CHINESE PHEASANT, 
This beautiful bird, the Phasianus Picliis 
of Linn^-eiis, is in England often vulgarly called 
the Gold Chinese Pheasant: but v/e entirely 
agree with EuiTon, in his remark, that those 
authors who have applied to this bird, either 
riie name of the Golden, or the Red Pheasant, 
i)y both which names it has frequently been 
described, would have had equal reason to 
iKive called it the Blue — and, he mirrht have 
added, the Green — since it is enriched by the 
lustre of all these colours. This, however, 
seems to h'Ave partly escaped the notice even 
of the critical BufFon j for he, in some degree, 
coir.mits the same fault, when he calls it— 
*' Le Faifan Dore ; ou, Ic Tricolor rluppe dc 
la Chine/' 
The Painted Chinese Pheasant may be con- 
sidered as a variety of the ordinary species^ 
enriched with a garb which sparkles with the 
decorations of a more luxuriant chmate. They 
are, probably, two branches of the same fa- 
mily, which have been long separated, but caa 
itill intermingle and breed together. Though 
a native of China, it is sufiicientlv hardy to 
suppor 
