By Ferd. J. Sudow, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 



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EARED MANCHURIAN PHEASANTS 

 Adapted to the aviary 



The eared pheasant differs in 

 many ways from the other species. 

 Both sexes are exactly ahke in 

 plumage. The only way to dis- 

 tinguish the male from the female, 

 is by the spurs on his legs. This 

 bird is remarkable for the peculiar 

 arrangement of its plumage. The 

 general color of the body is sombre 

 brown. The true tail feathers are 

 white with dark tips; legs and feet 

 are red. The head is very strik- 

 ing in appearance by the white 

 feathers that constitute the so- 

 called "ears" of the bird. It is a 

 large sized bird, weighing from 

 five to nine pounds. In domes- 

 tication, they become very tame, 

 more so than common fowl. They 

 are very hardy and the young are 

 easily raised. The hen averages 

 about thirty eggs in season. There 

 are three species of pheasants al- 

 lied to this breed. 



LADY AMHERST PHEASANTS 



For aviaries the Amherst is the handsomest; obtains plumage second year. The bird 

 is larger than the golden, the face pale green; crest black, with few red feathers; tippet 

 white, edged and barred with green and black; breast and 'back"green; belly white; saddle 

 orange red, tail of great length, of white color, barred and speckled with rich black; pliunage 

 extremely rich. The hen is brown, heavily barred with black; the legs are bluish grey. 

 Breeding season, April-August; hen lays about thirty-five eggs in a season. The Amherst is 

 much easier reared than the ringneck pheasant. The average weight of the adult bird is from 

 two to two and one-half pounds. 



