THE CHINESE PHEASANT 



" The male has the forehead deep green, crown of the 

 head, fawn coloured, glossed with green ; over each eye, a 

 conspicuous streak of huffy white ; the naked papillated skin 

 of the orbits and sides of the face, deep scarlet or blood red, 

 interspersed beneath the eye with a series of very minute 

 black feathers ; horn-like tufts on each side of the head, throat 

 and neck, rich deep, shining green, with violet reflections ; 

 near the base of the neck, a conspicuous collar of shining 

 white feathers, narrow before and behind, and broadly dilated 

 at the sides ; the feathers at the back of the neck, black, with 

 a narrow mark of white down the centre of the back portion, 

 and a large lengthened mark of ochreous yellow, within the 

 edge of each web near the tip, the feathers at the back and 

 capillaries black at the base, with a streak of white at the 

 middle, then buff surrounded with a distinct narrow band of 

 black, to which succeeds an outer fringe of chestnut ; feathers 

 at the back, black, with numerous zig-zag and crescentic 

 marks of buffy white ; lower part of the back, rump and upper 

 tail coverts, light green of various shades, passing into bluish- 

 grey at the sides, below which is a mark of rufous ; breast 

 feathers indented at the tip, of a rich, reddish-chestnut, with 

 purple reflections, and each bordered with black ; flanks, fine 

 buff, with a large angular spot of beautiful violet at the tip ; 

 centre of the abdomen, black, with violet reflections ; under 

 tail coverts, reddish-chestnut ; wing coverts, silver grey ; 

 wings, brown, the primaries, with light shafts, and crossed 

 with narrow bars of light buff; the secondaries, similar, but 

 not so irregularly marked as the primaries ; tail feathers, olive, 

 fringed with different shades of violet, and crossed at regular 

 intervals, with broad, conspicuous, black bands, passing into 

 a reddish-brown on the sides of the basal portion of the six 

 central feathers ; bill, yellowish-horn colour ; irides, yellow ; 

 feet, greyish-white. The female has the whole of the upper 



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