THE EAliEV I'HEAHAKT. 04;^ 



I)}^ placing a young brood in a largo wallt'tl-in garJou, 

 wliere tliey could obtain abundance of fi'esli vegetables and 

 insect food, tliey should <.itfer no more ditiicnlty in rearing 

 than barn-door fowls ; all they weald require would be 

 custard and lettuce in additioa to ants' eggs, if obtainable ; 

 but ted on (h'v hai'd Cdrn^ and kejit in small aviaries with 

 brick floors, success is not to be expi'cted. 



Of the allied species, Hodgson's Crossoptilon [Ctihi'ta- 

 nnm), three sjjecimens were living in the Zoological Gardens 

 in IS'J]. In this the general colour is bluish-white, Ijut the 

 ci-own of the head is black, the wings dark, and the tail black 

 ci'ossed with green and blue. It is a native of Tibet. 



Under the name of t'. (Ji'ouipii 1 , a species very clo--ely 

 allied, if, indeed, it be not identical with the last, has been 

 described and named by M. Veri-anx, and figured in Elliot's 

 Monograph of the Phasianidas. 



'J'lie original Bared J^heasaut described by Pallas was a 

 slaty-blue species. Pallas's specimens have long been lijst^ 

 but 7-ecently, owing to the indefatigable exertions of Pere 

 David, skins have been received at the Museum at Paris, and 

 the original C. atirituiii is now known to be perfectly distinct 

 frdui the Mantchurian species, with which we are most familiar 

 in the livinsy state. 



