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PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



Twelve different species of kaleege have at various times 

 been shown in the Zoological Gardens^ Regent's Park. Of 

 these the greater number have bred either with their own 

 species or have produced liybrids with other hiiplocami. 

 Amongst those that breed the most freely may Ijo mentioned 

 Swinhoe's pheasant {fJ. swinhoil), tlie |mrple kaleege {E. 

 ]iorsJitl(U), ihr black-l)a,cl-:ed kaleege {E. vir/aiiotas), and the 

 white-crested {E. iil]i(i-crist(itu!<). The differeut species of 

 Eiiiilncniiuts interbreed freely even in a wild state, and there 

 is no difficulty in rearing a very large series of hybrids in 

 captivity. 



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