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ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 



LADY AMHERST PHEASANT 

 One of the most beautifully colored of the pheasants. 



fowl. Under proper conditions, it is practically 

 immune to disease, its only fault being an ir- 

 repressible pugnacity. 



Allied to the Silver Pheasant are a number of 

 other species, such as the Lineated, and the four 

 Kalijes, Black-backed, Black-crested, White- 

 crested and Black-breasted. The latter two are 

 less common than the others, but all are ob- 

 tainable at times. 



There is also the Swinhoe Pheasant, with 

 its lovely color arrangement of metallic greens 

 and blues, and patches of maroon and white. 

 This bird is assigned to the Silver group, but 

 is unlike its congeners in many ways. 



The male Elliot and Reeves Pheasants are 

 studies, respectively, in copper and in gold. The 

 Elliot is a burning copper in general, with ef- 

 fective markings of white. The Reeves is bright 



ELLIOT PHEASANT 

 Handsomely barred tails are characteristic of this genus. 



