. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. fiOH TlIK AIWII'S rrilvVSAXT â.-(mi/s qlfinntpiia. riii^', tlion olive witli the least ixissiliji. tiiijic of imiple, imd hislly with u sput of ]mre wliitii iieiir the ti[i, fiidiii^r iiiiiitr- ce])tilily into the olive on one siile ainl tliechocolatoon tho other. I'etween tlicsu "eyes" some leopurd-like niottliii^^s diver- sify the I'ieh fawn uf tiie i^ronnd wildiu; nnd outside them four wiivy Immls of diirk brown run along the feather In- wards the edn'e, breaking up int
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. fiOH TlIK AIWII'S rrilvVSAXT â.-(mi/s qlfinntpiia. riii^', tlion olive witli the least ixissiliji. tiiijic of imiple, imd hislly with u sput of ]mre wliitii iieiir the ti[i, fiidiii^r iiiiiitr- ce])tilily into the olive on one siile ainl tliechocolatoon tho other. I'etween tlicsu "eyes" some leopurd-like niottliii^^s diver- sify the I'ieh fawn uf tiie i^ronnd wildiu; nnd outside them four wiivy Immls of diirk brown run along the feather In- wards the edn'e, breaking up into s|MitH about an inch lieibre they reach the vi\"f. The inner woIj is jiale fawn covered witli black spots, surrounded witli bull', mnl tlu^ tiji of the whole feather is dee]) indwii, spotted pi'oliisely with whiti'. The sjialt is black at its base, and yellow towaiils its tenn'Mation. In another feather both M'ehs aiv marked just like a leopard, with dark spots on a fawn ground, only the sputs are arranged in diag(jnal rows. l!ut along th(> shaft runs a band, about throc- (piarters of an inch wide, of rich eiioco- late, ])rofuscly speckled with the tinitst white si)ots, also arrangfnl in rows. This liand does not (piit(i extend to the end iif the feather, which at its ti[) is pale fawn very sparingly studded with deep browa rosettes, surrounded witli chestnut. The>e are but two feathers, and I might take twenty as wonderful. In the female the secondary feathers, instead of measuring nearly a yard in length, are little inoiv than a foot, and the eyes are nnicli mure obscure. The Aigus riieasant iidiahits Sumatra and neighbouring localities. Tin; w(dl-known Pheasant aflords a triumiiliant instance of the success with â which a Ijird of a strange country may be acclimatized to this island witli some little assistance from its owners. Originally the ])heasant was an in- habitant of Asia ]\linor, and has lioouliy degrees inti'oduced into many Kuropciiii ciiunlries, wh
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