PLATE LXXI 



PLUMAGES OF THE BLACK-THROATED GOLDEN PHEASANT 



Chrysolophus pictus, var. obscurus 



Fig. I. The mutational changes are more marked in the chick than in any later plumage, there being 



no resemblance to the normal colours. 

 Fig. 2. The juvenile male plumage is much darker than that of the normal Golden Pheasant. 

 Figs. 3 and 4. The adult male and female, although considerably darker, yet show the same general 



markings as the normal birds. The most radical divergences are in the face, throat and 



upper breast, which are smoky black in this variety. 



