ivten iviid, that there appears now and then a hen Pheafart! 
■With the feathers of the cock ; ^nd all they have decided on the 
fubjedl is, that this animal does not breeds and that the fpurs 
do not grow and adds " that in two of thefe birds which he 
diire<Sled, he found them perfeiily feminine, having both the 
ovaria and the ovi-dud to the latter we can bear teftimony^ 
for on dilTefting feveral early in tlie prefent year (1811) we 
found in the ovarium of one, a number of fmall feed-like eggs^ 
arid others fomewhat enlarged ; the birds were all unufually 
fat, and had the appearance of having been fatted, though 
they were all fhot in a wild ftate ; from the above circum- 
ftance we conceive the change may have taken place owing tt) 
the abfence of the other fex* 
Sevetal varieties bf this fpecies have at different tiities been 
tnet with in this country^ but none of them as far as we can 
learn is permanent ; the variety we have figured is known by 
the name of the Ring Fheafantj was introduced by the late 
Duke of Northumberland ^ and will rhoft probably be foort 
loft as a diftincl bird, as it bteeds readily with the pfefent bird^ 
and many, if not moft of the birds now met with, have fome 
appearance of white round the neck : birds of this fpecies cn^ 
tirely white, are frequently feen ; one of thofe that we faw 
laft feafon, evidently belonged to the ringed variety, as the ring 
■was corifpicuous by being of a different fhade of whitenefs; 
