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  LXV 
  

  

  HUME'S 
  BARRED-BACKED 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  hwmiae 
  huntiae 
  (Hume) 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  hint 
  of 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  this 
  pheasant 
  — 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  Mikado 
  — 
  was 
  the 
  presence 
  

   of 
  its 
  long, 
  purple-grey 
  tail-feathers 
  in 
  the 
  head-dress 
  of 
  honour 
  proudly 
  worn 
  by 
  a 
  native 
  chief. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  specimens 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  some 
  natives 
  going 
  into 
  enemy 
  territory 
  and 
  setting 
  traps 
  

   at 
  the 
  risk 
  of 
  their 
  lives. 
  They 
  are 
  not 
  rare, 
  but 
  live 
  in 
  dense 
  forests 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  streams, 
  

   and 
  only 
  the 
  isolation 
  of 
  their 
  haunts 
  makes 
  their 
  habits 
  so 
  little 
  known. 
  

  

  