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Some Gorgcnns Pheasants. 
Mr. R. A. Clark statos that they eat the fruit of the 
.Tanuui tree, a frnit with seods like those of a ■"chilli," which 
together witli iiiscds and worms, foi'in their chief food; he 
also found siiiall land shells and pelililos in the stomach of an 
adult male. 
Lady Amherst's Pheasant {Chrysolophiis amherstiae) . 
A photo -reproduction and description of this species was given 
in Bird Notes, Vol. IV., N.S., page 135, to which T must 
refer my readers, mei'ely stating that it cannot be said to 
be outrivalled in lieauty by any member of this gorgeous 
Family. Not merely gorgeous beauty, but elegance and grace- 
ful carriage, exquisite pattern and chaste harmony are certainly 
the attributes of the male, and it should have a place in any 
collection of PHASIANIDAE. Its range is Western China 
and Eastern Tibet. 
Golden Pheasakt (Chr-t/soloplnis pirtiis). This fine 
species is the one most commonly met with in captivity, and 
though thereby it earns the appellation " common," yet its 
superb beauty always calls forth admiration, which is merely 
its meiit, for it is a chaste harmony of fiery hues. 
The mountains of Southern and Western China are its 
home. 
A description of so well known a species is uncalled 
for in these notes. Fdv those who do not desire to breed them 
a number of cocks may be penned together, say half-a-dozen, 
and a fine display they make on a roomy grass run. Really 
a most gorgeous ornament foi- tlie viidnity of the lawn of a 
suliur])an garden, as they are not a noisy species. 
This species has crossed with the Lady Amherst's, 
Silver, Common, and Reeves' Pheasants; also with the Bantam 
Fowl. 
Elliot's PuEAS.iXT (Calophaais ellioti). This species 
was also figuicd and descrilicil in " B.N." (vide previous refer- 
ence), and consequently only the briefest notes are called for. 
It:- home is China, and though it is imported fairly 
freely, yet it does not seem to thrive in captivity as do the 
other species, though I have come across many quite long-lived 
.specimens of it. The cock is addicted to wife murder, and it 
will be well to clip his wings, and also if necessary, shackle 
his legs, by connecting them with a piece of soft string of 
