THE


Avicultural Magazine


THE JOURNAL OF THE

AVICULTURAL SOCIETY



Fifth Series. —VoL III.— No. 12. —All rights reserved. DECEMBER, 1938.



THE MIKADO PHEASANT


(Calophasis mikado)


This exceedingly beautiful Long-tailed Pheasant was introduced

to Europe by Mr. Walter Goodfellow in 1912. He captured living

specimens on Mount Arizan in Central Formosa and successfully brought

them back to Europe. The first to reach England were housed in

Mrs. Johnstone’s aviaries, where they bred freely. Though the bird

had not previously been seen, it was known to exist, because a collector

in Formosa twenty years previously had observed two of its tail-

feathers in the headdress of a savage.


The Mikado is essentially a mountain species. Mr. Goodfellow

collected it on Mount Arizan “ at any altitude above 6,000 feet, never

lower They feed chiefly on the leaves of a common plant also only

found at these altitudes, and are very difficult to get on to grain,

but once this is accomplished they live well and give little trouble.

The egg is pale creamy white, smooth and glossy, the period of incuba¬

tion twenty-eight days.


E. F. C.



BREEDING RESULTS AT FOXWARREN PARK,


1938


By Alfred Ezra


Bronze-wing Pigeon.— Four young hatched and successfully

reared.


Crested Bronze-wing Pigeon.— Eight young hatched and

successfully reared.


Snow Pigeon. —Two young hatched but not reared.



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