. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 89 Vol. 85 Unusual epidermal condition in a Golden Pheasant by M. B. Jones Received 23rd January, 1965 On 29th January, 1964, I received from the Cotswold Game Farm, Stroud, Gloucestershire, a female Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) on which most of the skin of the ventral surface was crenated in a curious manner (see photo). The bird was in rather poor condition (410 gms.) with general appearance of having shrunk within its own skin owing to the loose folds formed by the many ridged yellowish crenations. On closer examinatio
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Bulletin 89 Vol. 85 Unusual epidermal condition in a Golden Pheasant by M. B. Jones Received 23rd January, 1965 On 29th January, 1964, I received from the Cotswold Game Farm, Stroud, Gloucestershire, a female Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) on which most of the skin of the ventral surface was crenated in a curious manner (see photo). The bird was in rather poor condition (410 gms.) with general appearance of having shrunk within its own skin owing to the loose folds formed by the many ridged yellowish crenations. On closer examination these ridges were seen to be the result of proli- ferations of the epidermis and extended from the lower throat, over the breast, belly and flanks to the vent, and over the ventral surface of each thigh. The affected areas were devoid of all feathers except the filoplumes. The rest of the skin was normally Photo: G. I. Sharpe Unusual epidermal condition in a Golden Pheasant. Apart from its fairly thin state the bird showed no evidence of any other concurrent disease. There was no evidence of mites externally. The specimen was passed to the Central Veterinary Laboratory of the Min- istry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, at Weybridge, Surrey. The condition was unknown to them, and their main findings were as follows (E. Boughton pers. comm.) "The condition did not resemble exudative diathesis (Creech, et a/.. 1958) or skin leucosis either grossly or histologically. The distribution of lesions would tend to rule out a photosensitisation, and the lesions did. 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 British Ornithologists' Club. London : British Ornithologists' Club
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