The Swinhoe Pheasant. 43 



The hen lays from eight to ten eggs. The young 

 do not obtain their full plumage till the second year; 

 in some instances they breed the first year. Keep 

 one hen to a cock. 



Swinhoes do not make much progress with admirers 

 of pheasants. There is nothing specially attractive in 

 their habits, and they appear to be far from favourites ; 

 yet they are pretty, very easily tamed, and should 

 not be absent from the collection of Euplocami. 



In the hope that these birds may attract more 

 attention than they have hitherto done, and to which 

 their beauty, and the ease with which they are managed, 

 entitle them, I have given a coloured plate of them as 

 a frontispiece. 



