The Phasian BirdThe Phasian Bird is a 1948 novel by the English writer Henry Williamson.PlotSet in Norfolk during World War II, the novel interweaves the stories of a hybrid pheasant and an artist-turned-farmer who experiments with new cultivation methods.ReceptionKirkus Reviews wrote that "Mr. Williamson writes knowingly but without any particular stimulation and his story rarely comes to life". Nature wrote that Williamson used his "well-known vivid style" in "a picture of endless effort to cultivate the stern land, of despair and bitter frustration, of endurance and grim determination that win through".