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  LXIV 
  

  

  SCINTILLATING 
  COPPER 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  soemmerringi 
  scintillans 
  (Gould) 
  

  

  (Left-hand 
  figure) 
  

  

  IJIMA'S 
  COPPER 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  soemmerringi 
  ijimae 
  (Dresser) 
  

  

  (Right-hand 
  figure) 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  northern 
  Copper 
  Pheasants 
  are 
  seldom 
  out 
  of 
  sight 
  of 
  the 
  cloud-swept 
  snows 
  of 
  Fuji, 
  so 
  

   the 
  southern 
  satin-backed 
  birds, 
  by 
  raising 
  their 
  heads, 
  can 
  always 
  watch 
  the 
  billowing 
  blue 
  smoke 
  from 
  

   the 
  waistcoat-pocket 
  crater 
  of 
  Kirishima-yama. 
  

  

  Foxes, 
  weasels 
  and 
  especially 
  half-wild 
  house 
  cats 
  are 
  among 
  the 
  enemies 
  which 
  force 
  these 
  birds 
  

   to 
  roost 
  in 
  trees. 
  In 
  spite 
  of 
  their 
  brilliancy 
  of 
  colouring, 
  Copper 
  Pheasants 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  keep 
  concealed, 
  

   and 
  a 
  pair 
  or 
  two 
  may 
  inhabit 
  a 
  tiny 
  grove 
  of 
  trees 
  or 
  shrubs 
  on 
  the 
  rocky 
  summit 
  of 
  a 
  hill, 
  and 
  remain 
  

   quite 
  unknown 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  farmers 
  whose 
  fields 
  surround 
  them 
  on 
  every 
  side. 
  

  

  