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these markings and fringes are of the 

 greatest importance in determining the 

 various species, and have been too little 

 studied. 



In the Pheasants of this group, both 

 the sexes have a crest composed of soft, 

 narrow feathers, usually three inches long 

 in the males and somewhat shorter in the 

 females. The male has a large portion 

 of the side of the head naked and of a 

 crimson colour ; the female has a smaller 

 portion of the face naked. The male has 

 a strong spur on each leg. 



The tail of these Pheasants, composed 

 of 1 6 feathers, resembles in shape that 

 of our domestic poultry, the two halves of 

 the tail being compressed together. In 

 the male, the middle feathers are long and 

 drooping as in the common cock. 



The first three species of Kalij- 

 Pheasants on my list have the plumage 

 lanceolate as in the Koklass-Pheasants. 

 In the fourth species, and in all the 

 Silver-Pheasants, the plumage is of the 

 ordinary kind. 



