PHEASANTS IN COVERT AND AVIARY 



mark at the tip. Feathers of the rest of the back, black, with 

 their margins deep chestnut, and a white Hne running parallel 

 to the shaft for two-thirds of the length, and meeting near the 

 tip. Rump, red, with greenish reflections, becoming deep red 

 over the tail where the feathers are very much separated and 

 hide the upper tail coverts. Outer tail coverts, olive-brown 

 mottled with brownish-black. Upper part of the breast, rich 

 brown red, glossing from orange to purple and blue. Flanks, 

 rich golden orange, broadly tipped with deep blue. Abdomen, 

 black. Central tail feathers, yellowish-brown in the middle, 

 with a red longitudinal line, and the edges green ; narrow 

 black bars across the centre, and are continued on the rest 

 of the feathers with red ones. Lateral feathers, similar, but 

 mottled with black on the inner webs, the extreme outer 

 feathers mottled on both webs. Under tail coverts, deep 

 red. Bill, horn colour ; feet and legs green, bare skin of 

 thighs, scarlet, finely dotted with green feathers. 



"■Female. — Head and neck, reddish-brown, pointed with 

 black. Upper part of back, rufous, with broad V-shaped 

 lines, and tips of feathers black. The rest of the back, 

 yellowish-brown, with black centres and black tips. Second- 

 aries, chestnut, barred with black and buff, the latter dividing 

 the former, and tipped with white. Primaries, brownish- 

 black, barred on outer webs with yellowish-white, and 

 mottled on inner with same. Rump, yellowish-brown, centre 

 of feathers black. Upper part of the breast, rufous, with 

 irregular black lines crossing the feathers. Flanks, yellowish, 

 barred with brownish-black. Middle of breast and abdomen, 

 yellowish-brown, finely vermiculated with dark brown. Tail 

 feathers, chestnut in the centre, barred with black, a narrow 

 irregular yellowish line going from the black bar, the outer 

 edges of brown, mottled with black. Tail, blackish-brown, 

 and feet and legs, grey." 



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