I^HASIANUS COLCHICliS. (var.p.) 
RING PHEASANT. 
Generic Character^ 
Bill flibrt, ftrong,. convex; 
iSFoftrils covered by an arched {)rocers. 
Sides of the head covered with a bare granulated fldri. 
Legs ftrong, ufually furnifiied with a fpur on the infidco 
Toes conne6led at their bafe by a ftrong membrane; 
Synonyms. 
Phasianus cOLCHicus. Lin Syjl, 1, p. 2']0, ^. tnJl*, 
Orn, 2. 629, 
■ ' Var. p. Ind, Orn, 2. />. 629. 4* 
Ring Pheasant. Lath, Syn, 4. p, 715; Ih. Supt» 
p. 208. 
Com mon Pii e a s a n t. Laih. Syn, 4. />. 712, 4. Mojit, 
Orn, Di5i, Vol, 2. Bewick' 's 
Br, Birds ^ Pi, t, p, 283. 
iL H I S beautiful fpecies when full grown is gerierally three 
feet in length, and weighs about three pounds ; bill ftrong and 
iharp ; irides yellow ; the eyes furrounded by a warty fkin of 
ihe moft beautiful fcarlet colour, which extends nearly over 
the fides of the head, and is rriinutely fpeckled with black ; 
tail cuniform, compofed of eighteen feathers : the two centre 
ones are nearly twenty inches long, the others gradually de- 
oreafe in lengthy the Ihortcfl being lefs than fix inches ■ 
Ices 
