Some Gorgeous Pheasants. 
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sufficient length to allow him to walk freely but not to run; 
thus enabling the hens to keep out of his way when he is of 
savage mood. Still this nuuclerous trait is evidently individual, 
so when such turns ui), it can be either got rid of or be 
fettered as above. I have seen them in many roomy runs 
where tliis trouble did not occur, therefore it will be well to 
give this species plenty of space and then all should be well. 
The colour pattern of this species is peculiar, beauti- 
ful and striking. The tnale has the ujjper back, shoulders, 
wings, and chest, an intense bronze-red, shot with gold; white 
band each side of mantle ; a band of purplish steel-blue and twd of 
white across each- wing; throat and fore-neck black; sides of 
neck and abdomen white; lower back and rump black, barred 
with white; tail pale grey, barred with che.stnut. Total length 
32h inches of which the tail measures 19. 
The female has a pretty and contrasty plumage pattern. 
General colour drab, barred, mottled and marked with black 
above and spotted on the breast; abdomen white. Total length 
20 inches, tail 7f. 
Savinhok's Kalij-Pheasaxt {Geimaeus swinhoii). This 
species forms one of the group of Ivalij or Kaleege Pheasants 
which are eight in number, the above and as follow: 
White -crested Kalij -Pteasant (G . albocri^tatt(s), W. Himalayas. 
iSepal KaUj -Pheasant {G . leucoinda)ins), Mountain Forests of 
JS'epai . 
Black-backed Kalij -Pheasant vidunonotas), Forests of Sik- 
him and W. Bootan. 
Black -breasted Kalij -Pheasant {G. horsficldi), E. Bootan, As- 
sam, Sythet, Cachar, Wanipur, Chittagong, and N. Ara- 
kan . 
Lineated Kalij -Pheasant (G. lincatus), Burma to Siam. 
Anderson's Kalij -Pheasant {G. andersoni), Kachin Hills and the 
Salween Valley. 
Silver Kalij -Pheasant (G. nycthcnicriis ), S. China. 
Adult Male: General colour sheeny purple-black; crest, 
mantle, and central pair of tail feathers pure white; scapu- 
lars dark crimson with bronzy reflections; bare skin of face 
red. Total length 29| inches, tail 16. 
Adult Female: A thickly mottled imttern of buff and 
black; bare skin of face red; throat, whitish -brown. Total 
length 19^ inches, tail 8. 
It is a native of Formosa. 
