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Of the allied species, Hodgson's Crossoptilon {C. tibetanum), 

 three specimens were living in the Zoological Gardens in 1891. 

 In this the general colour is bluish-white, but the crown of 

 the head is black, the wings dark, and the tail black crossed 

 with green and blue. It is a native of Tibet. 



Under the name of C. drouynii, a species very closely aUied, 

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

 and named by M. Verraux, and figured in EUiot's Monograph 

 of the PhasianidsB. 



The original Eared Pheasant described by Pallas was a 

 slaty-blue species. Pallas's specimens have long been lost, 

 but some years ago, owing to the indefatigable exertions of 

 Pere David, skins were received at the Museum at Paris, 

 and the original C. auritum is now known to be perfectly 

 distinct from the Manchurian species, with which we are 

 most familiar in the living state. 



