SWINHOE’S PHEASANT 
Euplommus swinhoii. 
Plate XXXVII. 
Swi shoe’s Pheasant is the most recent addition to the splendid group to which it belongs, and has been most 
appropriately named after its energetic discoverer, who has toiled so successfully in investigating the natural 
products of the Island of Formosa. 
Mr. Swinlioe tells us that this bird is found only in the interior mountains of Formosa. It is a true 
jungle-bird, frequenting the wild hill-ranges tenanted by the aboriginal savages, and rarely descending into 
the lower hills that border on the Chinese territory of that island. 
Since his return to China, Mr. Swinhoe has made great exertions to supply the Aviaries of the Zoological 
Society with living examples of this fine species. The first cock bird was received in June, 1865, and others of 
the same sex followed, but great difficulties were experienced in introducing the hens of this species, and it 
was not until the autumn of 1866 that the two sexes were arranged together in the Society’s Gardens. During 
the present breeding-season every effort has been made to induce this fine bird to reproduce itself in 
captivity, in which there seem to be fair prospects of success. 
