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confinement the birds became very tame 

 and seemed to prefer green leaves and 

 shoots, etc., to grain, for food." 



The male of this species has the same 

 general style of coloration as the male 

 Common Koklass-Pheasant, but differs in 

 having the feathers of the entire mande 

 and the sides of the breast and body 

 deep black, very narrowly margined with 

 ashy ; the back, rump, and the shorter 

 feathers over the tail being similarly deep 

 black but with broader ashy margins ; and 

 every part of the visible portions of the 

 closed wings also deep black, with broad 

 chestnut margins. The feathers of the 

 mantle, in some males, have broad chest- 

 nut margins in the place of narrow ashy 

 ones. The breast and belly are of the 

 same rich chestnut as in the Common 

 Koklass. 



The female does not differ apparently 

 in any particular from the female Com- 

 mon Koklass. 



The dimensions of this species are 

 slightly smaller than the corresponding 

 dimensions of the Common Koklass, and 

 it is not necessary to give them separately. 



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