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(354) THE RING-NECKED PHEASANT. 



(PHASIANUS TOKQTTATUS— Qmel.) 



Description, — Eorehead and crown light green ; ear tufts and neck 

 deep green with bluish reflexions ; collar round the neck white, inter- 

 rupted in front by the green ; upper back brownish red, feathers with black 

 tips and margins ; wing coverts bun 3 in the centre, a line of black next, 

 and purplish red at the tip ; rump red with green reflexions, some buff 

 marking being visible here and there ; shoulders light brown with 

 greenish reflexions ; secondaries light brown, having deep chestnut 

 margins; primaries brown, barred irregularly with yellowish white; 

 upper tail coverts red, breast purplish red with rich coppery lustre, the 

 feathers margined with bluish black ; flanks golden chestnut, centre of 

 each feather marked with dark blue ; abdomen black with greenish 

 reflexions ; under tail coverts red ; tail very long, yellowish brown, 

 irregularly barred with black, and margined red. The female is brown- 

 ish, the feathers margined with buff ; throat whitish. 



Hybrids between this and the preceding species have often been 

 exhibited. 



Hab. — China. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 As hardy as the common pheasants, and live as well. 



(355) SCEMMERBING'S PHEASANT. 

 (PHASIANUS SCEMMEKKLNGI— Temm.) 



" The male has the whole of the upper surface and throat of a 

 fine coppery brown, with a lighter border to each feather, which in 

 some lights appear of a purple hue ; in others rich coppery red, and in 

 others again bright but deep flame colour— this latter being especially 

 conspicuous on the lower part of the back and upper tail coverts * * 

 * * * * ; feathers of the under surface marked 



like the upper, but the bordering is not luminous, and terminates in 

 dull grey, within which , on the lower part of the sides of the abdomen, 

 is a narrow line of white ; eye orbits red ; bill brown colour ; feet 

 bluish brown colour." — Gould. 



Hab. — Japan. 



Length of life in captivity. 



A male lived for about three years, but it never gained a perfect 

 plumage. 



(356) THE BAB-TAILED PHEASANT. 

 (PHASIANUS EEEVESI— Gray.) 

 Description.—" The head is covered by a cowl of white, surrounded 

 by a band of black, with a spot of white under the eye ; the neck has 



