‘MO THE GOLDEN PHEASANT. 
the plumage of the pheasants, we have the feathers 
covering the rump, particularly upon the sides, long, 
narrow, with loose webs, almost like hackles, but of 
a texture quite stiff and almost horny. The female 
has the usual unobtrusive brownish plumage, broken 
with black crescent-formed bars, and the tail is short 
and regularly graduated. 
This bird is also a native of China, where it is 
called Kiti/ci or Kin/cee, Gold Flower-fowl, or 
Wroght Fowl. * It is kept in domestication, and 
may now be procured in considerable numbers from 
many parts in the south of England. Like the Sil- 
ver Pheasant, they have also been attempted to he 
set at large in the preserves, but generally also with- 
out success. For the table they are said to be more 
delicate than the common pheasant ; their numbers 
are, however, too limited for them to be often seen 
in a cooked state. The feathers of the crest and 
ruff are held in much request by anglers, and parti- 
cularly to assist in dressing the gaudy Irish hooks. 
The other beautiful species now alluded to is 
LADY AMHERST’S PHEASANT. 
Phasianus Amherslia. — Leadbeatek. 
First described by Mr Leadbeater of London, in 
tlie Transactions of the Linnean Society, from two 
Latham, General History. 
