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reducing them too rapidly for them to 

 be common much longer. Then too, 

 the killing of them for the purpose of 

 shipping to foreign countries is making 

 an unreasonable demand upon them. 

 In addition to these there is the 

 Chinese sportsman, rather professional 

 hunter, who shoots right through the 

 year, and the countrymen who take 

 the eggs to eat or sell. Some adequate 

 protection is- needed and must soon be 

 forthcoming or our most prized game 

 bird will soon be a thing of the past. 



DABWIN'S PHEASANT. 



PUCEASIA DARWINI SWINHOE. 



Descriptio7i. — Length 23 inches. 

 Bill dusky black. Feet plumbeous 

 blue. Iris brown. 



Male. — Head and throat black with 

 greenish metallic reflections. Occipital 

 crest of short brown feathers in front, 

 with longer black ones behind. There 

 is a white spot on each side of the 

 upper neck. 



Back and rump streaked ashy grey 

 and brownish black. Lower parts 

 ochraceous brown streaked black ex- 

 cept the abdomen, which is rufous, 

 and a dark rufous band running from 

 the base of the tliroat down the center 

 of the breast and belly to the 

 abdomen. 



The tail is of medium length, 

 graduated and streaked longitudinally 

 gray, black, and rufous. Under tail- 

 coverts mixed white, black, and 

 rufous. 



Female is similar to the male, 

 except that it has a smaller crest and 

 lacks the pectoral rufous band. 



