THE GOLDEN PHEASANT 



crest, and extensive ruff, springing from the back of the head 

 hiding the neck. The feathers of this ornamental appendage 

 are deep orange red, with a dark blue bar at the tip, and can 

 be stretched out and brought over the face at will ; mantle, 

 deep green, tipped with velvety black ; scapulars, dark 

 crimson ; primaries, brown, with a line of buff on the outer 

 web ; terminal portions of shaft, buff ; secondaries, deep 

 brown, mottled with chestnut ; tertiaries, rich blue ; back 

 and rump, golden yellow ; throat, bright rufous brown, rest 

 of the under parts scarlet ; upper tail coverts (very long 

 and narrow), crimson ; tail, very long, the two centre feathers, 

 rich rufous brown, covered with irregular circles of blackish- 

 brown, giving to them the appearance of being spotted with 

 buffy brown. The rest of the tail feathers diagonally crossed 

 with dark brown. All the tail feathers are buff at their tips ; 

 below, greenish-yellow ; feet and tarsi, pale green. 



Female. — Head and back of neck, blackish-brown, barred 

 near the tips with yellowish-brown ; upper part of back, 

 blackish-brown, barred with rufous and tipped with greyish- 

 brown ; wings, black crossed with bars of light yellowish- 

 brown, and dotted with black ; primaries, blackish crossed 

 on inner webs with chestnut, on outer with yellowish ; under 

 parts, buff, barred on chin, breasts, and thighs with blackish ; 

 middle tail feathers, black, barred irregularly with yellowish- 

 brown ; outer tail feathers, chestnut, crossed with fine black 

 lines, at intervals of half an inch, the outer edges mottled 

 with black ; bill, horn colour ; feet and legs, flesh colour. 



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