Pheasant

• Was it not wonderful how the kind Father came to scatter those many islands in the Pacific Ocean,--stepping-stones for a tiny little Bluebird so that he need not wet his feet in crossing that wide salty river THE PEACOCK'S COUSIN Long, long ago in the days of wise King Solomon, the Crow and the Pheasant were the best of friends, and were always seen going about together, wing in wing. —  The Curious Book of Birds
• Now the Pheasant was the Peacock's own cousin,--a great honor, many thought, for the Peacock was the most gorgeous of all the birds. —  The Curious Book of Birds
• This Pheasant was a man of wit, Could read all books were ever writ; And, when among companions privy, Could quote you Cicero and Livy. —  The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1
• The small Brown Pheasant is an inhabitant of the Same Country and is of the Size and Shape of the Speckled Pheasant, which it also resembles in it's economy and habits, the Stripe above the eye in this Species is scercely preceptable and is when closely examined of a yellow or orrange colour in Sted of the vermillion of the others. it's colour is of a uniform mixture of dark and yellowish brown with a Slight mixture of brownish white on the breast belley and the feathers under the tail. the whole Compound is not unlike that of the Common quaile only darker. this is also booted to the toes. the flesh is tolerable and that of the breast is as white as the Pheasant of the atlantic coast. the redish brown Pheasant has been previously discribed. —  The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806
• Now the Pheasant was the Peacock's own cousin, -- a great honor, many thought, for the Peacock was the most gorgeous of all the birds. —  The Curious Book of Birds

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