. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE COMMON PHEASANT. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS. Head and neck glossy, with metaUic reflections of green, blue, and purple ; sides of the head bare, scarlet, minutely speckled with black; general plumage spotted and banded with orange-red, purple, brown, yellow, green, and black, either positive or reflected: tail very long, of eighteen feathers, the middle ones longest. Female—Wght brown, marked with dusky; sides of the head feathered ; tail much shorter. Length three feet. Eggs olive-brown. The Pheasant has many enemies, and but for the protec- tion afforded
. British birds in their haunts. Birds. THE COMMON PHEASANT. PHASIANUS COLCHICUS. Head and neck glossy, with metaUic reflections of green, blue, and purple ; sides of the head bare, scarlet, minutely speckled with black; general plumage spotted and banded with orange-red, purple, brown, yellow, green, and black, either positive or reflected: tail very long, of eighteen feathers, the middle ones longest. Female—Wght brown, marked with dusky; sides of the head feathered ; tail much shorter. Length three feet. Eggs olive-brown. The Pheasant has many enemies, and but for the protec- tion afforded to it by gamekeepers, would probably soon disappear. The climate suits it pretty well, and at most seasons of the year it finds abundance of food; but in. 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 Johns, C. A. (Charles Alexander), 1811-1874. London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
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