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Ornamental Pheasant Society Notes



ORNAMENTAL PHEASANT SOCIETY NOTES


A further issue of the O.P.S. Journal has just been sent out. This

number has been translated into French and printed in both French

and English and has been distributed to phasianists in France and

Belgium. The editors made a great effort to produce something rather

above the ordinary, and I think they have been successful. This

Journal should prove of interest to all interested in aviculture. There

are two coloured plates, one of which was painted by an artist well

known to members of the Avicultural Society, Mr. Boland Green. This

portrays a Satyr Tragopan cock and is a fine specimen of Mr. Green’s

artistic work. The second is the work of a Japanese artist and depicts

the Versicolor cock, a subject hardly ever attempted in the past. In

this case the artist has accomplished a most amazing effect ; gazing

at this picture one fully expects to see this male bird walk off the page,

it is so life-like and realistic. In this Journal we have some most

interesting articles from well-known phasianists. Perhaps the most

novel feature is the work of our President, Monsieur J. Delacour. Three

maps are published and these deal with the natural habitats of the birds

that the author writes about in this article. Peafowl, Argus, and Peacock

Pheasants are included, and I will here mention that in future issues

our President has kindly promised to take in rotation the many other

species of Pheasants until our readers, will have had the opportunity

of gaining most valuable knowledge appertaining to this interesting

subject. Other prominent authorities who write in this Journal are

the Marquess Hachisuka, Monsieur Y. Malisoux, Dr. Chapin, Captain C.

Scott Hopkins, Miss V. Cooper, and Messrs. Gray and P. C. Mackie. ;

Monsieur Delacour also writes a review on a book on Pheasants, recently

published by Professor A. Ghigi. Our Clergy members present their

answers to the question : “ Why do Ornamental Pheasants make an

appeal ? ” If there is any member of the Avicultural Society who would

like to see this Journal I shall be very pleased to send a copy on receipt

of a postcard. It is quite probable that a few would like to read the

French issue ; here again we are very pleased to forward.


J. Lambert,


Hon . Secretary, O.P.S.



