THE PHEASANTS 



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dark brown quills, and the tail feathers which are purplish bronze toward the base, 

 shading into dark greenish blue and deep purple toward the extremities. The 

 naked sides of the face are scarlet, and the legs coral red. The Manchurian 

 eared pheasant (C. manchuricuni) figured in the illustration is a somewhat 

 differently-colored bird, the back of the head and neck being black shading into 





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MANCHURIAN EARED PHEASANT. 



(One-seventh natural size.) 



brown on the mantle and wings, and dirty white on the lower back, rump, and up- 

 per tail coverts; while the chin and throat, as well as the ear tufts, are white, and 

 the chest is brownish black, gradually becoming lighter on the under parts. The 

 range of this species includes the mountains of Manchuria and Northern China. 

 These birds are met with in the pine forests at an elevation of from ten thousand to 



