[CT Birds] melanistic pheasant (Brian Kleinman)

[snaketat at cox.net]

On 11/29 I was driving on 189 south through East Granby when I saw a bird reminiscent of a Black Guan foraging in field.  Trying not to drive off the road I watched this black galiform for a couple seconds before it ran into taller grass.  I assume it was a melanistic Ring-neck Pheasant (has anyone ever heard of black ring-neck's?) OR  maybe it was a Green Pheasant and just looked all black from a distance (I've never seen Green Pheasants in CT)?