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The name of John Reeves (1774–1856), English naturalist, used absol., attrib., or in the possessive in Reeves('s) pheasant to designate a long-tailed Chinese pheasant, Syrmaticus reevesii, introduced to Europe by him and named in his honour by J. E. Gray in 1829.
1829J. E. Gray in E. Griffith et al. tr. Cuvier's Anim. Kingdom VIII. 25 (heading) Reeves' Pheasant, Phasianus Reevesii. 1834G. Bennett Wanderings in N.S.W. II. iv. 55 In the aviary [at Macao], the beautiful..Reeves's Pheasant, was seen. 1922W. Beebe Monogr. Pheasants III. 146 Then came my first view of a live Reeves in its wild home. 1926J. S. Huxley Ess. Pop. Sci. 47 If a female Reeves pheasant is crossed with a male of another race, the males among the hybrid offspring show many characters of the male Reeves pheasant. 1951J. Delacour Pheasants of World ix. 227 Reeves's Pheasants are found on all the higher wooded hills of Central China north of the Yangtze River. 1975Islander (Victoria, B.C.) 19 Oct. 4/3 We now have..the rare Reeves pheasant. 1976Shooting Times & Country Mag. 18–24 Nov. 28/2 He is, however, incorrect in his remarks about the Reeves pheasant. |