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INDIAN PEACOCK. 
nearest relative to the golden species, and also a strong can- 
didate for first honors on the score of beauty. As far as 
you can see the cock bird, you ean recognize it by its mar- 
vellous cape of pure white feathers marked with semicircles 
of black and stee!-blue, which reaches from its eyes far back 
upon the shoulders. It is also easily recognized by its enor- 
mously long tail, the middle feathers of which are conspicu- 
ously marked by a regular series of diagonal bars of black 
laid on a light ground color. This bird is of small size, and 
fortunately for the public, it breeds in confinement with suffi- 
cient readiness that a good supply for exhibition purposes is 
thereby maintained. 
The Silver Pheasant, (Gennacas nycthemerus), of China, 
is Nature’s ‘‘running mate’’ for the golden pheasant, not 
only in the rocky hill forests of southern China, but in 
acclimatization, in captivity, and everywhere else. Wher- 
ever you see a golden pheasant, look for the Silver also, with 
its showy, snow-white tail, and white mantle of feathers 
which covers the whole upper two-thirds of the bird from 
its ears to its tail. Its dark-colored under surface serves well 
to accentuate the whiteness of its other parts. It is a larger 
bird than the golden and Amherst pheasants, but it is so 
good tempreed that every summer two or three cock birds 
are kept in the great Flying Cage along with many small 
and defenseless birds which might easily be molested. In 
parks which are not visited by great numbers of people, 
