Some Gorgeous Pheasants. Ill 
th.'it tlioy attempt to secure photos of the eourting- display of 
these and otlier groups of birds. 
(iiiEV Pkacock-Pheasaxt (Pol up] eel ro)} chviqitis). The 
Peacock- Pheasants {PoJi/jyJecfron), consist of five specie-^, the 
above and as follow: 
Germain's Poai'ock-rhi'asanl (P. gtrmaini), Cochin China. 
Afalavaii Peacock -Ph(\n.san( (P. hicnlcaratuw), Malny I'eninsula 
nnd Siimaira to S. Tenasserim. 
liornean Peacock-Pheasant. (P. schlricritiarhi ri). Porneo. 
Napoleon's P(-acock-Pheasant (P. nwpriliov'fi). Is. of Palawan. 
Bronze-tailed Peacock -Pheasant (Chalcin-iis clialcnrus). Sumatra. 
'The Peacock-Pheasants are of small size and somewhat 
slender build; the Grey having a total length of 2bh inches 
of which tlie tail measures 1.3[. 
AdiiU Male: Upper parts drab-brown fmel,y speckled 
with vei'y pale bufi'; the wings, back, and tail are decorated 
witli exquisite " (>y(>s " of glittering green, shot with violet, 
whicli stand out as gems set in the plumage; the eyes are 
margiiu'd with lings of lilack, Ih'owu, and pale buff; bare skin 
I'ound eyes yellowish. 
Adult Female: Drab-brown .speckled with pale brown 
with the metallic " eyes " of the male represented by black 
spots, only slightly glossed with violet. Total length 19 
inches, tail 8. 
This .species ranges in a wild state from the Assam 
Hills, through Burma to Siam, and frequents thick jungle. Mr. 
R. A. Clark states: 
" These birds go about in pairs generallj', but on one occasion, 
" in December, while riding through a forest pathway, I came across 
" a party of four, one male and three females, the latter easily dis- 
" tinguishable by their smaller size and duller colours." 
It has bred at the London Zoo, and I think Mr. Willford 
and others have also met with success. The first young hatched 
at the Zoo were reared by a Bantam hen and it was noticed 
that the chicks followed close behind her, never coming' in 
front to take food, so wlien their foister- mother was scratching 
they were frequently struck with her feet. When later a 
brood was reared by the Peacock -Pheasant, this behaviour was 
understood, for she spread her tail and the chicks followed 
her beneath its shelter, only running forward when she found 
some food for them, quickly retreating to the shelter of her 
tail again. 
