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Some Gorgeous Vheasants. 
The male forms one of the handsomest of aviary Pheas- 
ants, as its contour is graceful and its colouration brilliant 
and striking. 
Talisch Pheasant {Phasiamifi talischensLs) . This is 
a sub-species or intermediate form between the Common (P. 
Golchiciifi) and the Persian (P. persiciis), and, with Mr. Good- 
child's clever drawing of the species, 1 need only note wherein 
it differs from P. colchieus and P. persicus. 
It differs from P. persicAis and resembles P. colchieus 
in having the wing- coverts sandy -brown instead of nearly 
white; on the other hand, the middle of the breast and sides 
of the belly are purplish-carmine, and the feathers of the chest 
and upper breast are narrowly margined with purple, as in 
P. persicus. (W. R. Ogilvie-Grant) . 
Its range is Taliseh, on tlie S.AV. shore of the Caspian 
Sea, is plentiful throughout Mazandaran to the Gurgan Elver. 
To the north of this true F. persicus is found. 
ReevEvS' Pheasant {Phasianus reeve,bii}.. This is a 
large and striking species, with a tail some five feet long. 
This species has been turned out on some of the large spoi'ting 
estate^; in Great Britain, but was not a great success, as it 
did not interbreed wdth the Common and Ring -necked species, 
but drove them away. I may as well quote one instance of 
at least partial success. A pair of these birds was imported by 
Lord Tweedmouth in 1870, and turned out in Inverness -shire; 
where the species was successfully maintained for several years, 
fresh blood being subsequently introduced by the acquisition of 
four additional male birds. 
Adult Male. General colouration golden -che -taut, laced 
with black; wing-coverts white, margined and centered with 
black; crown white; face black; bare skin round eyes red; 
nape and throat-band white followed by a deep border of black; 
tail pale grey, barred with black and chestnut, the central pair 
of feathers much elongated. Total length 12h inches, of which 
the tail measures 60. 
Adult female. Beautifully mottled in several hues of 
brown, with a dark head, rufous on crown; buff throat and 
eyebrows, and the upper back speckled with white. Total 
length 32 inches, tail 16|. 
This species would require space in which to show 
