THE PHEASANT. 
( Phqjianus Colchicus 3 Lin .— Le Faifan % Buff.) 
Is of the fize of the common Cock : The bill is 
of a pale horn colour ; the noflrils are hid under an 
arched covering ; the eyes are yellow, and are fur- 
rounded by a naked warty Ikin, of a beautiful fear- 
let, finely fpotted with black ; immediately under 
each eye there is a fraall patch of ftiort feathers, 
