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DIARD’S PHEASANT. 
Phasianus versicolor. — Vieillot. 
PLATE XIV. Male XV. Female. 
Le Faisan versicolor, Phasianus versicolor, Vieillot , Gal 
lerie des Oiseaux, pi. 205 Temminck, Planches Coloriees. 
Male, pi. 48G. Female, pi. 493. 
This beautiful pheasant was first noticed by M. 
Diard, who procured a specimen which had been 
imported to Batavia, and is first figured and de- 
scribed by M. Vieillot in his Gallery, and since by 
M. Temminck, who has also added the portrait of the 
female, both of which have been used for the accom- 
panying illustrations. It is a native of Japan, fre- 
quenting the woods, according to Seiboldt, and pos- 
sessing the manners and habits of the common bird. 
Diard's pheasant is nearly of the size and form of 
the common naturalised breed, but the tail is some- 
what shorter in proportion. The naked space of 
the cheeks is bright scarlet. The head and upper 
part of the neck are of a golden green, with violet 
reflections ; the throat and fore part of the neck of 
a lively blue ; lower part of the neck, breast, and 
upper parts of the body, of a deep green, with a 
