. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . te period of the animals life This lady had paid particular attentionto the breeding of Pheasants. One of the hens, after having producedseveral broods, moulted, and the succeeding feathers were exactly likethose of a cock. This animal, however never afterward had young- THE HORXED PHEASA
. The history of birds : their varieties and oddities, comprising graphic descriptions of nearly all known species of birds, with fishes and insects, the world over, and illustrating their varied habits, modes of life, and distinguishing peculiarities by means of delightful anecdotes and spirited engravings . te period of the animals life This lady had paid particular attentionto the breeding of Pheasants. One of the hens, after having producedseveral broods, moulted, and the succeeding feathers were exactly likethose of a cock. This animal, however never afterward had young- THE HORXED PHEASANT. This beautiful specimen of the genus Pheasant is a native of Chinaand Thibet. It is as rare as it is beautiful. But one has as yetreached Europe. In size it is between a Turkey and common fowL 256 THE HORNED PHEASANT. Their ii<inal liaiints, pnys Mountaineer, are high up, not far fromthe snows, in dense and gloomy forests, where tliey live either ah^ne, orin small scattered parties. lii winter they descend the liills, and thentheir favorite hannts are in the thickest parts of the forests of oaU,ehestnnt and morenda pine, where the box tree is abnndant, and wherennder the forest trees a Inxnriant growth of ringalt or the hill bambooforms an nnderwood in some places almost impenetrable. They keep. in corfipanics of from two or three to ten or a dozen or more, not incompact flocks, but scattered widely over a considerable space of forest,so that many at times get rpiite separated and are fonnd alone. Jerdontells us that if undisturbed, they generally remain pretty close together,and appear to return year after year to the same spot, even though theground be covered with snow, for they find their living then uponthe trees. THE CHINESE PHEASANT—THE ARGUS PHEASANT. 257 TUE CHINESE PnEASA:<tT, This bird is distinguished by having a yellow crest, the breastscarlet, the back and rump yellow, the upper tail coverts long, narrow,and red, the wing coverts varied with bay and br
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