I am going, sir, to add to my collection a specimen of the celebrated Argus pheasant-phasianus Giganteus.
"Middy and Ensign"
G. Manville Fenn
One of the most typically Oriental genera of birds is phasianus, to which our Common Pheasant belongs.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff
This is phasianus colchicus.
"The History of the European Fauna"
R. F. Scharff