. The new book of birds : an album of natural history . Birds. THE PHEASANT 49 But more intereHting, perhaps, in the ARGUS PHEASANT with his four feet leu^-th of tail and his stany wings. There are more than a hundred spots on eacli wing, and these spots are a study in THE SILVER rKEiVSANT. I'lioloijrajili III] [\V. S. , When looked at closely the marks resolve themselves into an exact imitation of a cup and ball, the l)all lying in the cup. This bird has a trick of raising his long tail feathers almost vertically and at the same time extending his wings, and thou
. The new book of birds : an album of natural history . Birds. THE PHEASANT 49 But more intereHting, perhaps, in the ARGUS PHEASANT with his four feet leu^-th of tail and his stany wings. There are more than a hundred spots on eacli wing, and these spots are a study in THE SILVER rKEiVSANT. I'lioloijrajili III] [\V. S. , When looked at closely the marks resolve themselves into an exact imitation of a cup and ball, the l)all lying in the cup. This bird has a trick of raising his long tail feathers almost vertically and at the same time extending his wings, and though he is of sober colouring the effect is very handsome. 4. 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 Groser, Horace George. London : Melrose
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