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PI IANUS FVE! ' SII
PH A | IA N U § REEYESII.
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i J R S f l TATT.ET) PHEASANT, Lath. Gen. Hist..vol. yiii, pi. cxxiv.
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" B u f . . ® T j h i E , n p e ^ * A M A ® ■.'H*“ C9," ,M0,) . Pr0Vl“Ce'
■ •'Soutli-west, south of Yaugtsze Kiang'(David).
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the colouring H B jMMBiMIBgBHWWMM W ICnglpnd and on
,* feet I . *«*■*>> J ¿ J L a £ inhabitant of f t , p a rk s ; and preserves, where
- ^ e , whiie i , quick i n d e n t s , ^ rendp „
D r , S e l a t e L ”V ^ ° S S S ^ l L b e e n .presented , to .he «ocieiy. by. Mr. John Beeves,
magnificent Pheasant was brought to England 0 g M Hardwicke and Gray.. Specimens were fTs, m s h h b the m m m b ■ ¡h h m— — W W M M « . t e d » Q U hy Mr. iBeeys-qn 1838, * d m j b e M l
— IBM were subsequently lost from the number of ■ ! ■ the Society
p e a s a n t is ah inhabitant of ( ■ C h in a , ,he port of ■
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Pekin'',narket. For a long time I faded to d is c p r ^ om what quarto• , 1 £ « ¿ » 4 howev(!r, that., they. ,00
iSSTientsiugl and some juepjile pretended, .they .were loug f i f e : ‘ ,.’^ a ( f c ^ O T 4 i o t A e h ! • ■ e j y j l the province .of (M i .
t! W S B m M B u m 1 T T e " l s t v i e 4 c y I 'never Ulronght in frosc,,. or by Mongols. • Their flesh is
i l — — birds w e re. brought Mown -alive
superior, D j B H B H B I M H M M w H B M B B M Shanghai to England. I Subsequently,"
In 1.882, Dr. l.ainprey obtained s e v e i|lj |0Dplcs qf r ’ • •• U H M H north of .l ’ckin, where ihey are g |b e
adlhe s a y s , ,i‘ I procured'five females of the same |,spco1cs, .,,y,..^i\ .!g ^ t:j; ^ ^ T im m lm ^ or ( Eastern ■ Burial-places of the
found,-though I have strong f ' Y / f E ^ n ^ f d t s t r i c t It S h e "custom l|p la c e< a !l kinds of game
Emperors, .situated some distance north east of P ^ i n j n • ‘ I refully ,,rcurved ; but no, doubt the mandarins
in % exiensiv&enclosed 1 Jn J ® 3 r f the P . ^ no,
in charge' make a good perquisite by disposing o le super , ti,c mn.fcathcrs do not show their full length.
, r z t'lf^ ion ^ tiL S 1 ■ ■ ■ ■ I fOT " s the dress
o f warrior-chiefs' ¿ .th e a tric a l re p re se n ta tio n ^ ,, t l n i c ^ ^ o f the Chinese, and the first specimen
Mr/Svviiiboe sends me the following interesting account of us ir f H M | down the Tungting
that were brought H Europe were p.ocured, a t Canton, w hA e r “ Sf c t , |mc JtE whole H | through Canton. By
.L a k e ,® trade between the natives / C e n trf China | 1 close p r o f i t , to the habimt of this
th e .o p ,e n in g |if Hankow, 750 miles up the Ynugtsz,,.EuiOB| ^ these « rare long-tails as they .can
¿ A 'a g i& i e p t 'b ird ; and our sportspien sin China can now spend 1 B H H H west M Hankqw, eitending to th.e
I oil the coast among then; ring necked compeers They*afe W m all the ^ i o a n t r y ^