THE CHEER-PHEASANTS. 



THE only species of this group has the 

 general form of our English Pheasant, but 

 is crested and has the plumage non- 

 metallic. The sexes resemble each other 

 closely in general coloration. 



The tail of this Pheasant is of great 

 length, straight, pointed and composed 

 of eighteen feathers. These are much 

 graduated, the outermost feather falling 

 very far short of the middle point of the 

 central pair. The crest is composed of 

 soft and narrow feathers, quite three 

 inches long in the male and two inches 

 in the female. The male has a spur on 

 each leg. In both sexes the sides of 

 the head are naked and crimson, this 

 space being large in the male, but 

 smaller, and confined to a large circle 

 round the eye, in the female. The male 

 has no ear-tufts. 



The only species known is confined to 

 the Himalayas. 



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