The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . s as genera), (hieof the most remarkable is P. (.Synnaticm)rcevesi, of nolillern China, in which the tailreaches the maximum length of .J or d plumage is beautifully varied with black,white, chestnut, and golden yelb>w. P. (C(i-treits) watiichi is the cheer, or Wallichs phcjis-ant, of the Himalayas, witli a long, broad Uiiland luuch-varied jilumage. P, ((rrajihophamt-7ll«) soemmeringi is Simimcrings pheasant,of Japan, with coppery-metallic plumage
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . s as genera), (hieof the most remarkable is P. (.Synnaticm)rcevesi, of nolillern China, in which the tailreaches the maximum length of .J or d plumage is beautifully varied with black,white, chestnut, and golden yelb>w. P. (C(i-treits) watiichi is the cheer, or Wallichs phcjis-ant, of the Himalayas, witli a long, broad Uiiland luuch-varied jilumage. P, ((rrajihophamt-7ll«) soemmeringi is Simimcrings pheasant,of Japan, with coppery-metallic plumage andvei7 long tail- /- (Calnphasis) eltioti is a gor-geoiisly colored phcasantof the mountains nearNingpo, in china. Certain green-breaat^-dpheasants, as P. ver^icdor of .Japan and P. elegansot China,form a small group. Ring-necked pheasants, as P. and /*. momjohcus, have a white ring ai-ound the above-named approach more and more nearly to theordinai-y pheasant as domesticated in Europe, of which theTui-kestan P. shairi is a near relative. Tlie silver andgolden pheasants, though long-tailed, are now placed tu. PHasitia r«*iVi/«i/((f«, (One half *! sire.) It formerly contained all the curious creatures knownas walkingsHeks, but is now restricted to certain tropicalforms. Lichttnstein, 1795. Phasmidae (Iasmi-de), h. j>?. [NL. (SerWlle,1831), < Pha,wia + -irfa.] A family of Orthop-tera, typified by the genus//insmn, composingwith the ilantidie the series <;soria or ./»«-hitlatoria. They ai-e known as specters, , icalk-ing-leaves, walking-sticks, etc., from their extraordinaryprotective mimicry of the twigs and leaves upon whichthey live- The body is usually long and slender, and thewings, when not abortive, are foliaceous. A member ofthis family, IHapheromera feiiiorata, is the eoinmon walk-ing-stick of the northeni and eastern Uiiited States. Seccut under Phamna, Phasmina(fas-mina), [NTj., <
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