From THE "NomrH-CHINA DAILY News" or May 23, 1869
Seven live specimens, two male and the "Lady Amherst went tion in Europe, and this is the first exportation of them in any number from China. They were originally introduced by Lord Amherst, who succeeded in getting one pair to England alive, hence their name, but these died of long ago, The, "Evening But this is not the case. They have been procured by the exertions of Mr. Medhurst, who has for the past two years endeavouring to procure cimens of this and other rare peasants, from the Szechuen frontier, for transmission to England. He has already been fortunate enough to in-into England a sufficient Bartailed Pheasant the Pucras ensure their easy propagation in home reserves, and it is to bẹ hoped that his present attempt may meet with equal success.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.