THE JAPANESE PHEASANT 



naked portions of face, crimson, dotted with minute black 

 feathers ; bill and feet, greenish. 



"The female has the upper part of the head, blackish- 

 brown margined with light brown. Face, ears and chin, 

 white ■; ear coverts, reddish-brown ; neck, light rufous, 

 tipped with blackish-brown ; mantle, black, each feather 

 margined with light brown, and with green metallic spot 

 near the tip ; margin of rump feathers, reddish-brown ; 

 wings, brownish-black in the centres of the feathers, with 

 broad margins of yellowish-brown ; secondaries, rufous, the 

 outer webs mottled with black ; primaries, reddish-brown 

 crossed with irregular bars of light red ; breast and under 

 parts, light rufous brown, with a greenish shade in certain 

 lights, with blackish bars crossing the feathers at intervals ; 

 tail, rufous brown, crossed with bars of blackish-brown, the 

 edges greyish-brown, finely dotted with dark brown ; bill, 

 horn colour ; feet and legs, flesh colour." 



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