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GAME-BIRDS. 



each side of the head. The tail is long, full, and rounded, the number of feathers 

 varying from twenty to twenty-four in the different species ; and the extremities 

 of the middle pairs being much curved, with the webs long and free. 



In Hodgson's eared pheasant ((7. tibetanum), of Tibet and Western China, the 

 whole of the plumage is white, with the exception of the black top of the head, 



MANTCHURIAN EARED PHEASANT {\ nat. size). 



the. dark brown quills, and the tail-feathers which are purplish bronze towards the 

 base, shading into dark greenish blue and deep purple towards the extremities. 

 The naked sides of the fac3 are scarlet, and the legs coral-red. The Mantchurian 

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

 differently coloured bird ; the back of the head and neck being black shading into 

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

 upper-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. 



