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As regards the female, Elliott observes that it 



" exhibits to an even gi-eater degree than the male, characters 



" not found in any species of Pheasant belonging to existing 



"recognised genera" ( ? species) "and in her relation to 



" him, differs in a more marked manner than is to be witnessed 



" among the females of any of the species of the genns 



" Phasianus." 



The characters to winch he refers are (1) the naked space round 



the eye, (2) the comparatively short tail, and (3) the indication of a 



spur. 



Here again, (1) is the only point which needs to be dwelt upon, 

 (2) is entirel)^ a matter of degree, and (3) is incorrect, for there is 

 an indication of a spur in the females of nearly all the Pheasants, 

 whilst actual spurs are by no means uncommon. 



The differentiation between Calloiihasis and Phasiamis rests there- 

 fore entirel}^ on the supposed structural differences in the rump 

 feathers of the male and the bare orbital skin of the female. Under 

 these circumstances, as I have said above, I retaiji all the sj)ecies 

 under the one title of Phasicums. 



Key to Species and Subspecies. 



A. 16 tail feathers, cross bars on central tail 



feathers an inch or more apart. Crown 

 green in males. 



a. Rump steel blue and white in 



equal portions ... ... ... I'.li. humioi. 



h. Hump ):)lack and white, the latter 



predominating ... ... ... P.h.hurmannicus. 



B. 18 tail feathers, cross bars under one inch 



apart in both sexes ... ... ...P. elef/ans. 



Phasianus humi^ humi^ (Hume). 

 Mrs. Hume's Pheasant. 



Callophasis hwnice, Hiune, Str. Feath., IX., p. 461 (1881) ; id, ibid. XI., 

 p. 302 (1888). 



Phasianus Immice, Godwin-Aus. P. Z. S. (1881), ^. 715, PI. LI. ; Ogilvie- 

 Grant. Cat. Birds B. M., XXII., p. 335 (1893) (part) ; Blanford, Fauna B.I., 

 IV., pp. 80, 486 (1898) ^part) ; Finn., Jonr. A. S. Beng. (2), LXVI, p. 523 

 (1897) (part) ; Finn and Turner, ibid, LXIX., p. 144 (1900); Venning, Jour. 

 B. N. H. S., XXI., p. 632 (1912) : J. P. Cook, ibid, XXII., p. 270 (1913); 

 Mackenzie and Hopwood, ibid, XXV., p. 91 (1907). 



Calophasis hximla', Ogilvie-Grant. Monograph Game-B., II.. p. 42 (1897) 

 (part); Sharpe, Hand-L., I., p. 38 (1899); Finn, ibis (1898), p. 311 (part) ; 

 Gates, Man. Game-B., I., p. 304 (1898). Finn, Indian Sportins-B., p. 201 

 (1915). 



Vernacular Names. — Yit (Burmese), Wuri {Kachin) ; Loe-nin- 

 koi (Maniiniri). 



