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THE OOLOGIST. 



nized in its resplendent fiery hues. 

 The Callilope has a lilac gorget set in 

 white, like lilac stars on a white field. 

 The Allen's resembles the Rufous to a 

 considerable degree; the colors are not 

 as bright, however; the back is of a 

 greenish-red color, the underparts 

 light, cinnamon on sides and flanks, 

 gorget fiery red. The Alexander has 

 an opaque or velvety black gorget pos- 

 teriorly glittering with emerald and 

 sapphire, underparts whitish, green on 

 sides. 



The female Anna's resembles the male 

 without a gorget, no rufous any where. 

 The female Costa's is smaller than the 

 femaleAnna's otherwise resembling very 

 much, outer tail feathers very narrow 

 especially so in male. The female Ru- 

 fous is extensively rufous, but over- 

 laid with green, underparts white; no 

 gorget. Female Allen's resembles the 

 latter, but the rufous is not so promi- 

 nent; extensively green on back; slight 

 metallic sc'ales on throat. The female 

 Callilope may be recognized by a white 

 mark under each eye. The female Al- 

 exander has a rounded tail, the feathers 

 of which have a dark purplish space 

 near end and tipped with white; no 

 gorget, resembles the female Ruby- 

 throa't of the east. 



Harry C. Lillie, 

 Santa Barbara, Calif. 



Ring Pheasant. 

 Phasianus lorquaUis (Gmel) 



Common name — Chinese Pheasant. 

 Mongolian Pheasant. 



Habitat — Western United States — 

 Willamette Valley and Southward into 

 California. 



Description — Male total length 34 to 

 40 inches. Length of tail 15 inches to 

 24 inches. Bill dark, 1$ inches long, 

 Iris yellow. Crown greyish-green with 

 a white stripe extending over each eye. 



Around the eyes is found a large red 

 patch of hair feathers. 



Neck — Changeable green and purple,, 

 following which is a circular band of 

 pure white extending around the entire- 

 neck, from this it receives its name. 



The breast and point of shoulders is a. 

 changeable tire red and purplish blue. 



The border of the feathers being tip- 

 ped with blue, following this in the- 

 median line is a narrow strip of blue 

 feathers which gradually emerge into 

 black as we approach the under tail 

 coverts which is greyish-brown. 



The tail consists of sixteen feathers, 

 the outer ones being shorter, and grad- 

 ually becoming longer up to fifteen in. 

 or twenty-four inches, the two center 

 feathers being longest. 



The under coloring is greyish-black, 

 the upper brown with light-grey and 

 black, and brown bars. 



Upper tail coverts Irish green border- 

 ed with old-gold and tinged with bright 

 green. 



Under wing greyish-white. Body 

 light yellow and end of feathers tipped 

 with deep blue. 



Female — Is about §■ size of male, and 

 of a uniform mottled pale yellow with 

 slight shades of brown, black and gray,, 

 variously intermixed. It has none of 

 the gay colors of the male. 



The above description, although very 

 poor and wanting in many respects will 

 at least I hope, convey some idea of the- 

 beauty of the species. 



A few general notes may also be of 

 interest. 



This bird was imported from China 

 by O. N. Denny. 



Six pair were let loose on Peterson 

 Butte about twenty miles from this 

 place. A law was at once enacted for 

 the protection of the birds for six years,, 

 this law expiring Oct. 1st, next. 



After four or five years the birds be- 

 came so numerous that a great many of 

 the farmers complained severely that 

 they were very destructive to grain and 

 gardens. There is no doubt but what, 

 they frequent such places, but the harm 

 they do is slight in comparison with the. 



