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exposed for sale in the London Markets, having arrived in a

frozen state. This Pheasant has not, up to the present time, been

seen in a living state in this country, though Mr. Tegetmeier

tells us that a variety of the common Pheasant which can hardly

be distinguished from P. hagenbecki , occasionally appears in the

coverts at Elsenham and elsewhere.


One of the most interesting and satisfactory introductions

of late years is the fine species known as the Prince of Wales’s

Pheasant (P. principalis ), from North Afghanistan, which is

ornamented by pure white wing-coverts. It was described by

Mr. Sclater in 1885, and shortly after some living specimens

were received at the Zoological Gardens, but these, unfortunately,

died without having produced any young. In February, 1903,

Colonel Marsden Sunderland imported a large number .of these

Pheasants, and turned them down into large enclosures in

Hampshire, where they laid very freely, the eggs hatched

exceedingly well and numbers were reared successfully. A

magnificent male of the year which had been reared wild was

exhibited stuffed, at a meeting of the British Ornithologist’s

Club in December last, as well as a female in the flesh. By the

kind permission of the publishers we give with the present

number, an illustration of the Phasianus principalis from Mr.

Tegetmeier’s book.



THE GUIDE TO THE “ ZOO.” *


The new official Guide to the Gardens of the Zoological

Society is just published, and forms a very instructive little

book of 112 pages, that will be read with interest by all who are

fond of animals, whether they contemplate a visit to Regent’s

Park or not. It is illustrated with a number of most admirable

photographs by Mr. Daudo.


In a book of this kind, which is a marvellous production

at the price, one overlooks the trivial errors that are almost



* Official Guide to the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London, by P. Chalmkrs

Mitchell, M.A., D.Sc., F.Z.S., F.L.S., etc., Secretary to the Society. First edition.

Illustrated by photographs by W. P. Dando, F.Z.S., With plan and map. Price 6d., or

ost free 7jd. from the office of the Society, 3, Hanover Square, W.



