### Clue: Before newspaperman reported dispatch of chicken and pheasant, maybe (4-6)
### Answer: RING-NECKED 
 ### Explanation: Definition: pheasant, maybe
 ED(abbrev. for "newspaperman") **placed after**(Before …) **homophone of**(reported) "wring neck"(how to dispatch of a chicken).
Answer: A subspecies;maybe, of pheasant, with a white ring round its neck.