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POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



MANCHURIAN BARED PHEASANT. 



age — the Amherst, Reeve, golden, silver, impeyan, Argus 

 or Soemmerring — it is difficult to choose. Each has its share 

 of strong points, and it seems as if there is no "finest of 

 all. ' ' Let us take them as they come to mind, for by reason 

 of the changes so often necessary in the runways, it is in- 

 expedient to attempt an end-to-end enumeration. 



The Golden Pheasant, {Chrysolophus pictus), is a uni- 

 versal favorite ; and it well deserves its wide popularity. 

 Although small, it is as beautiful as the most entrancing 

 sunset ever seen. It is very alert and chic, it is so good 

 tempered that we can have the rare pleasure of seeing a 

 whole flock in one runway, and it is a good breeder. To 

 crown all these fine qualities, it is so hardy, and so com- 

 petent a "rustler" in seeking food that under fair con- 

 ditions it is easily transplanted from its native home in 

 western and southern China. It has been introduced and 

 acclimatized with gratifying success in Oregon, Washington, 

 southern British Columbia near the Pacific coast, and else- 

 where. In the shooting season, the shops of the taxider- 

 mists of Vancouver and Portland are filled with these gor- 

 geous creatures, which appreciative sportsmen have found 

 "too beautiful to eat." One might as well try to describe 

 a sunset as to pen a mental picture of the wonderful com- 

 bination of golden yellow, orange, lapis-lazuli blue and deep 

 crimson that appear in the plumage of this gorgeous bird. 



The Amherst Pheasant, (Chrysolophus amherstiae), is the 



