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 386 PHELPS In the subfamily lophophorince belong some yery remarkable pheasants. The genus lo- phophorus (Temm.) has the upper mandible rery much curved over the lower, the fourth and fifth quills longest, tail ample and round- ed, and tarsi armed with a short spur. The Impeyan pheasant (L. Impeyanus, Vieill.) is about 2 ft. long ; 'the colors of the plumage defy description or representation, being re- splendent with ever changing hues of green, steel-blue, violet, golden, and bronze, dense and metallic in appearance, but soft and velvety to the touch; the middle of the back pure white, and the tail bright chestnut with trans- verse bars of a duller tint ; on the head is a crest of feathers with naked shafts and oval tip of metallic hue ; the female is smaller, of a general reddish brown, mottled with spots and bars, with throat and fore neck white. This species, named in honor of Lady Impey, in- habits Nepaul and the Himalaya mountains. PHELPS. L A 8^ central county of Nebraska, bounded N. by the Platte river ; area, about 550 sq. m. It has; been recently formed, and is not included in the census of 1870. II, A S. E. county of Missouri, drained by the Gas- conade and Maramec rivers ; area, about 600 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 10,506-, of whom 294 were colored. The surface is undulating and the soil fertile. There are many low valleys between steep and broken slopes, It is trav- ersed by the Atlantic and Pacific railroad. The chief productions in 1870 were 70,187 bushels of wheat, 239,504 of Indian corn, 62,- 510 of oats, 23,121 of potatoes, 82,548 Ibs. of tobacco, and 2,816 tons of hay. There were 2,219 horses, 2,291 milch cows, 5,351 other cattle, 8,913 sheep, and 15,051 swine ; 2 man- ufactories of' carriages and wagons, 3 of iron, 1 of woollens, 5 flbur mills, and 2 saw mills. Capital, Rolla. PHELPS, Almira Hart Lincoln, an American teacher, born in Berlin, Conn., in 1793. At the age of 19 she taught school at her father's house, and not long afterward took charge of the Sandy Hill (N. Y.) female academy. In 1817 she was married to Simeon Lincoln of Hartford, then editor of the " Connecticut Mirror." He died in 1823, and soon afterward she became associated with her sister Mrs. Emma Willard in the direction of the female seminary at Troy, N. Y., where she continued till 1831, when she was married to the Hon. John Phelps of Vermont. In 1838 she took charge of a seminary at West Chester, Pa., and afterward taught in Eahway, N. J. In 1841, on the invitation of the bishop of Maryland, Mr. and Mrs. Phelps took charge of the Pa- tapsco institute, a diocesan female school, which soon attained a high reputation ; and after the death of Mr. Phelps in 1848 Mrs. Phelps con- ducted it alone till 1856, when she resigned. She has published " Familiar Lectures on Botany" (Hartford, 1829; last revised ed., 1865) ; "Dictionary of Chemistry" (New York, 1830); "Botany for Beginners" (Hartford, 1831 ; last ed., Philadelphia, 1867) ; " Geology for Beginners " (Brattleboro, 1832) ; "Female Student, or Fireside Friend" (Boston, 1833; London, 1838); "Caroline "Westerly" (New York, 1833) ; " Chemistry for Beginners " (New York, 1834 ; last ed., Philadelphia, 1865) ; " Lectures on Natural Philosophy " (New York, 1835 ; enlarged ed., 1854) ; " Lectures on Chem- istry " (New York, 1837 ; revised ed., Philadel- phia, 1865) ; " Natural Philosophy for Begin- ners " (New York, 1837 ; last ed., Philadelphia, 1865); "Ida Norman" (Baltimore, 1850); "Hours with ray Pupils" (New York, 1859) ; and " Christian Households" (1860 and 1869). She also edited " Our Country in its Relations to the Past, Present, and Future " (Baltimore, 1864), for the benefit of the Christian and san- itary commissions. PHELPS, Anson Greene, an American mer- chant, born in Simsbury, Conn., in March, 1781, died in New York, Nov. 30, 1853. He learned the trade of a saddler, and established himself in Hartford, with a branch business in Charleston, S. C. In 1815 he engaged in New York city as a dealer in tin plate and heavy metals. Having accumulated a large fortune partly by investments in real estate, he devoted himself to benevolent enterprises, and was president of the New York blind asylum, the American board of commissioners for foreign missions, and the New York branch of the colonization society. He bequeathed to char- itable institutions sums amounting to $371,000, and placed in the hands of his only son a fund of $100,000, the interest to be distributed in charity at his son's discretion. In addition to large legacies to 24 grandchildren, he intrusted to each $5,000 for charitable purposes. PHELPS. I. Austin, an American clergyman, born in West Brookfield, Mass., Jan. 7, 1820. He graduated at the university of Pennsylvania in 1837, and in 1842 was ordained pastor of the Pine street Congregational church in Bos- ton. Since 1848 he has been professor of sa- cred rhetoric in the Andover theological semi- nary. He has published "The Still Hour" (16mo, 1859), " The New Birth " (12mo, 1866), and "The Solitude of Christ" (12mo, 1868), and contributed a critical treatise on the his- tory of hymnology to " Hymns and Choirs " (12mo, Andover, 1860). II. Elizabeth Stnart, an American authoress, wife of the preceding, born in Andover, Mass., Aug. 13, 1815, died in Boston, Nov. 30, 1852. She was the daugh- ter of Prof. Moses Stuart of Andover, and was married to Mr. Phelps in 1842. She pub- lished many Sunday school books anonymous- ly, or under the pseudonyme of "H. Trusta," an anagram on her name. " The Sunny Side " (18mo, Andover), published in 1851, after be- ing rejected by several publishers, reached a sale of more than 100,000 copies, and was re- published in Edinburgh. It illustrated the ex- periences of a country minister, and was fol- lowed by "A Peep at Number Five" (1851), describing a city pastor's life, which was also