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Genus PHASIANUS, Auctorum. 
THE BING-NECKED PHEASANT. 
Phasianus torquatus . — Temminck. 
PLATE XIII. 
Faisan a collier; Phasianus torquatus, Temminck , Pigeons 
el Gallinacces, ii. p. 327. 
With this bird we enter the genus Phasianus, 
as it is now restricted by modern ornithologists. 
Formerly the birds which we have just left were in- 
cluded in it, and another group which we shall reach 
after having described a few of the more interesting 
and typical forms of that now before us. 
The Pheasants may generally be characterized by 
having the bill rather strong, the upper mandible 
convex, and naked at the base : the nostrils are la- 
teral, and covered with a cartilaginous scale. The 
head is clothed with feathers, but the region of 
the eyes, for a considerable space, is covered with a 
naked verrucose skin, generally of a bright vermi- 
lion. The wings are short, but firm and compact. 
The tail is remarkably long, generally wedge-shaped. 
The feet have the anterior toes united by a mem- 
