176 PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



on tlie back more or less completely margined or tipped 

 with white. 



Mr. "W. E. Ogilvie-Gratit, in his "Hand Book to the 

 Game Birds," writes : " It can only be recognised as a well 

 marked variety, for it not only occurs in the same islands 

 where the P. scBmrnerrmgii is found, but every intermediate 

 stage of plumage between the two f«rms may be seen." 



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