. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Allied Species. 247 Of the allied species, Hodgson's Crossoptilon {C. tibetanum), three specimens were living in the Zoological Gardens in 1891. In this the general colour is bluish-white, but the crown of the head is black, the wings dark, and the tail black crossed with green and blue. It is a native of Tibet. Under the name of C. drouynii, a species very closely aUied, if, indeed, it be not identical with the last, has been described and named by M. Verraux, and figured in EUiot's Monograph of the PhasianidsB. The origi
. Pheasants; their natural history and practical management. Pheasants. Allied Species. 247 Of the allied species, Hodgson's Crossoptilon {C. tibetanum), three specimens were living in the Zoological Gardens in 1891. In this the general colour is bluish-white, but the crown of the head is black, the wings dark, and the tail black crossed with green and blue. It is a native of Tibet. Under the name of C. drouynii, a species very closely aUied, if, indeed, it be not identical with the last, has been described and named by M. Verraux, and figured in EUiot's Monograph of the PhasianidsB. The original Eared Pheasant described by Pallas was a slaty-blue species. Pallas's specimens have long been lost, but some years ago, owing to the indefatigable exertions of Pere David, skins were received at the Museum at Paris, and the original C. auritum is now known to be perfectly distinct from the Manchurian species, with which we are most familiar in the living 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 Tegetmeier, W. B. (William Bernhard), 1816-1912; Parker, Eric, 1870-; Smith, H. Hammond. London, Field Press
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