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Temminck says that the tail of the female Phasianus Soemmerringii is only six inches long, 'Planches coloriees, vol. v. 1838, pp. 487 and 488: the measurements above given were made for me by Mr. Sclater.
Although I know of hardly any thoroughly well-authenticated cases of perfectly fertile hybrid animals, I have reason to believe that the hybrids from Cervulus vaginalis and Reevesii, and from Phasianus colchicus with P. torquatus, are perfectly fertile.
Bartlett, A.D., period of hatching of bird's eggs; on the tragopan; on the development of the spurs in Crossoptilon auritum; on the fighting of the males of Plectopterus gambensis; on the Knot; on display in male birds; on the display of plumage by the male Polyplectron; on Crossoptilon auritum and Phasianus Wallichii; on the habits of Lophophorus; on the colour of the mouth in Buceros bicornis; on the incubation of the cassowary; on the Cape Buffalo; on the use of the horns of antelopes; on the fighting of male wart-hogs; on Ammotragus tragelaphus; on the colours of Cercopithecus cephus; on the colours of the faces of monkeys; on the naked surfaces of monkeys.
Phasianus Wallichii. Pheasant, polygamous; and black grouse, hybrids of; production of hybrids with the common fowl; immature plumage of the. Pheasant, Amherst, display of. Pheasant, Argus, display of plumage by the male; ocellated spots of the; gradation of characters in the. Pheasant, Blood- Pheasant, Cheer. Pheasant, Eared, length of the tail in the; sexes alike in the.
The cattle show has been, and perhaps may again be, succeeded by a poultry show, of whose crowing and clucking prodigies it can only be certainly predicated that they will be very unlike the aboriginal 'Phasianus gallus'. If the seeker after animal anomalies is not satisfied, a turn or two in Seven Dials will convince him that the breeds of pigeons are quite as extraordinary and unlike one another and their parent stock, while the Horticultural Society will provide him with any number of corresponding vegetable aberrations from nature's types.
Large-tailed Nightjar CAPRIMULGUS MACROURUS. Roller or Dollar-Bird EURYSTOMUS AUSTRALIS. Bee-eater MEROPS ORNATUS. Blue Kingfisher ALCYONE AZUREA. Little Kingfisher ALCYONE PUSILLA. Leach Kingfisher DACELO LEACHII. Sacred Kingfisher HALCYON SANCTUS. Mangrove Kingfisher HALYON SORDIDUS. Bronze Cuckoo CHALCOCOCCYX PLAGOSUS. Koel EUDYNAMIS CYANOCEPHALA. Channel-bill SCYTHROPS NOVAE HOLLANDIE. Coucal CENTROPUS PHASIANUS.
In Jim there rankled a venomous personal grudge, dating from the day when, having paid an Exeter taxidermist for a beautifully stuffed Phasianus colchicus, he had borne the bird home, cunningly affixed it to a roosting-bough, and left it there looking as natural as life. Someone had decorated the bird during the night with a thin collar of white linen.
"I am going, sir, to add to my collection a specimen of the celebrated Argus pheasant Phasianus Giganteus." "No, no, doctor; no Latin names after dinner," cried several voices. "As you please, gentlemen," he said. "The sultan says, shall he send a score of his men to protect you?" cried Captain Horton. "For goodness' sake no!" cried the doctor in dismay.
True, though, the rapier-scabbard was not a rapier-scabbard exactly only a tail; but it looked like one, in a way. His full title was Phasianus colchicus, but ordinary people called him just plain pheasant for short. You would have thought, after all this, that even in the first pale light of a cold dawn he would have been easy to see.
The cattle show has been, and perhaps may again be, succeeded by a poultry show, of whose crowing and clucking prodigies it can only be certainly predicated that they will be very unlike the aboriginal Phasianus gallus.
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