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inches in length, the lower back, the 

 rump and the upper tail-coverts golden- 

 yellow. The mantle or cape is orange, 

 barred with black. The feathers of the 

 upper back are dark green, edged with 

 black. The scapulars are crimson, and 

 there is a good deal of chestnut on the 

 wings. Nearly the whole lower plumage 

 is crimson. Some of the upper tail-coverts 

 are lengthened and crimson. Length 

 about 40 ; wing nearly 8 ; tail about 27. 



It will probably be difficult to dis- 

 tinguish the female Golden Pheasant from 

 the female Lady Amherst's Pheasant. The 

 females of both species are much alike, but 

 they are badly represented in the British 

 Museum, and the few specimens available 

 have, for the most part, been bred in 

 captivity, and may not, therefore, be quite 

 the same as wild birds. If the sportsman 

 should be fortunate enough to get a hen 

 pheasant of this group (with eighteen tail- 

 feathers and nearly the entire plumage 

 cross-barred with black and buff) he is 

 recommended to preserve the skin and 

 to send it to the British Museum for 

 identification. 



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