. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PHASIANID.^. 499. THE PHEASANT. Phasianus c6lchicus (Linnaeus). There is evidence that the Pheasant had become naturahzed in the south of England before the Norman invasion, though there is no mention of its existence in Scotland until 1594, or in Ireland till 1589. At the present day, however, it is generally distributed throughout the United Kingdom, and it has even been acclimatized in some of the Outer Hebrides. Little, if any, deviation from the typical P. cokhicus took place up to the end of last century, when the introduction of the Chine
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. PHASIANID.^. 499. THE PHEASANT. Phasianus c6lchicus (Linnaeus). There is evidence that the Pheasant had become naturahzed in the south of England before the Norman invasion, though there is no mention of its existence in Scotland until 1594, or in Ireland till 1589. At the present day, however, it is generally distributed throughout the United Kingdom, and it has even been acclimatized in some of the Outer Hebrides. Little, if any, deviation from the typical P. cokhicus took place up to the end of last century, when the introduction of the Chinese Ring-necked P. torquatus com- Q Q 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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