PLATE LXVIII 



MIKADO PHEASANT 



Syrmaticus mikado (Grant) 



This bird received Its name from two long, black, central tail-feathers taken from the head-dress 

 of a Formosan savage. Later the same collector who obtained them was fortunate enough to secure 

 living specimens of this splendid purple and black pheasant. 



The birds appear to be confined to the region of Mount Arizan, in the centre of Formosa, at an 

 elevation of six thousand feet and up. Among the oaks, pines and scrub bamboo clinging to the more 

 or less precipitous sides of the great mountain the Mikado Pheasants make their home. 



