THE BARRED-BACKED 

 PHEASANTS. 



THE Pheasants of this group differ from 

 the true or typical Pheasants in many 

 points of structure. The tail is composed 

 of only sixteen feathers, and the feathers 

 of the rump, instead of being very long, 

 soft and copious, are of the ordinary 

 kind, short, firm, and rounded at the tip. 

 The male has no ear-tufts. 



The male has the sides of the head 

 naked and brilliant red, but the female 

 has merely a patch round the eye naked 

 and of that colour. The feathers of the 

 crown in both sexes are merely lengthened, 

 forming a very short blunt crest. 



Although the male has a tail which 

 quite resembles in shape the tail of the 

 true Pheasants, the female has the tail 

 proportionately much shorter and broader 

 than is the rule among the females of 

 that group. 



Of the two species now described, one 

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