. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 159. -*K- â --^ INDIAN PEACOCK. nearest relative to the golden species, and also a strong can- didate for first honors on the score of beauty. As far as you can see the cock bird, you can recognize it by its mar- vellous cape of pure white feathers marked with semicircles of black and stee'-blue, which reaches from its ej^es far back upon the shoulders. It is also easily recognized by its enor- mously long tail, the middle feathers of which are conspicu- ously marked by a regular serie
. Popular official guide to the New York Zoological Park. New York Zoological Park. NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 159. -*K- â --^ INDIAN PEACOCK. nearest relative to the golden species, and also a strong can- didate for first honors on the score of beauty. As far as you can see the cock bird, you can recognize it by its mar- vellous cape of pure white feathers marked with semicircles of black and stee'-blue, which reaches from its ej^es far back upon the shoulders. It is also easily recognized by its enor- mously long tail, the middle feathers of which are conspicu- ously marked by a regular series of diagonal bars of black laid on a light ground color. This bird is of small size, and fortunately for the public, it breeds in confinement with suffi- cient readiness that a good supply for exhibition purposes is thereby maintained. The Silver Pheasant, {Gciumcas nycthcmcrus), of China, is Nature's "running mate" for the golden pheasant, not only in the rocky hill forests of southern China, but in acclimatization, in captivity, and everywhere else. Wher- ever you see a golden pheasant, look for the Silver also, with its showy, snow-white tail, and white mantle of feathers which covers the whole upper two-thirds of the bird from its ears to its tail. Its dark-colored under surface serves well to accentuate the whiteness of its other parts. It is a larger bird than the golden and Amherst pheasants, but it is so good tempreed that every summer two or three cock birds are kept in the great Flying Cage along with many small and defenseless birds which might easily be molested. In parks which are not visited by great numbers of people,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Zoological Park; Hornaday, William Temple, 1854-1937; New York Zoological Society. New York New York Zoologi
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