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existing of its habits, but the bird is found 

 in western Yunnan and western Szechuen. 



Elliot's pheasant. This truly magnifi- 

 cent bird was first discovered by a former 

 British Consul, the enthusiastic naturalist, 

 Mr. Swinhoe ; after whom the large migra- 

 tory snipe is named, in the mountains to 

 the back of Ningpo. Subsequently it was 

 met with by Pere David, the eminent priest 

 and naturalist, in the hills to the west of 

 Foochow. "Like the Silver Pheasant it lives 

 in the wooded mountains, and is far from 

 common, being constantly on the move, 

 and sometimes remains away for whole 

 years without revisiting its original habitat." 



Tlie Amherst pheasant. This is another 

 beautiful bird and in the fastnesses of the 

 mountains of western China happily finds 

 itself beyond the range of the ubiquitous 

 gunner. 



There are besides two kinds of Tragopans 

 or horned pheasants, which are occasionally 

 on sale at Hankow. They are said to come 

 from Szechuen and are really gorgeous 

 birds. To the tongue of the Hankow dealer 

 rise as glibly the words "from Szechuen" in 



