. A history of British birds . PllEASANi GALLINM. 91 Phasianus colchicus (LiumBus*).THE colchicus. Phasianus, Brissonf.—Bill of moderate length, strong ; upper mandibleconvex, naked at the base, and with the tip bent downwards. Nostrils basal,lateral, covered with a cartilaginous scale ; cheeks, and the skin surrounding the ♦ Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 271 (1766). f Ornithologie, i. p. 262 (1760). 92 eyes, destitute of feathers, and with a verrucose red covering. Wings short:the first quill-feather narrow towards the tiji; the fourth and fifth feat
. A history of British birds . PllEASANi GALLINM. 91 Phasianus colchicus (LiumBus*).THE colchicus. Phasianus, Brissonf.—Bill of moderate length, strong ; upper mandibleconvex, naked at the base, and with the tip bent downwards. Nostrils basal,lateral, covered with a cartilaginous scale ; cheeks, and the skin surrounding the ♦ Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 271 (1766). f Ornithologie, i. p. 262 (1760). 92 eyes, destitute of feathers, and with a verrucose red covering. Wings short:the first quill-feather narrow towards the tiji; the fourth and fifth feathers thelongest in the wing. Tail long, wedge-shaped, graduated, containing eighteenfeathers. Feet—three toes in front, one behind; the three anterior toes unitedby a membrane as far as the first joint; the hind toe articulated upon the tarsus,which in the male birds is furnished with a horny, conical, and sharp si>ur. Both the generic and specific names of the Pheasant aredue to the mythological tradition which attributes to Jasonand his Argonauts the in
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