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  LXVIII 
  

  

  MIKADO 
  PHEASANT 
  

  

  Syrmaticus 
  mikado 
  (Grant) 
  

  

  This 
  bird 
  received 
  its 
  name 
  from 
  two 
  long, 
  black, 
  central 
  tail-feathers 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  head-dress 
  

   of 
  a 
  Formosan 
  savage. 
  Later 
  the 
  same 
  collector 
  who 
  obtained 
  them 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  secure 
  

   living 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  splendid 
  purple 
  and 
  black 
  pheasant. 
  

  

  The 
  birds 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Mount 
  Arizan, 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  Formosa, 
  at 
  an 
  

   elevation 
  of 
  six 
  thousand 
  feet 
  and 
  up. 
  Among 
  the 
  oaks, 
  pines 
  and 
  scrub 
  bamboo 
  clinging 
  to 
  the 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  precipitous 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  mountain 
  the 
  Mikado 
  Pheasants 
  make 
  their 
  home. 
  

  

  