golden pheasant

noun

an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.

golden pheasant

a brightly coloured pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, of the mountainous regions of W and central Asia, the males of which have a crest and ruff

So saying, he held up to the now terrified eyes of the Duke the tail-feather of a golden pheasant.

In the elegance of his figure and fineness of his outlines he vies with the golden pheasant.

I must tell here of the strange behavior of a golden pheasant.

They call me the Golden Pheasant, because I have a golden crest.

To other subscribers we give a color photograph of one of the most gorgeous birds, the Golden Pheasant.

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