pheasant
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PHEASANT, assumption of male plumage by the hen. -wildness of hybrids of, with the common fowl. -prepotency of the, over the fowl. -diminished fecundity of the, in captivity.
From The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 2 by Darwin, Charles
PARTRIDGE, PHEASANT, names applied somewhat loosely to various species of francolin.
From Jock of the Bushveld by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
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