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•5" (12-7 mm.) ill length. The crest varies from 3-1" (78-7 mm.) to 

 3-7" (93-9 mm.) in length. 



Adult Ifeinale. — The females of xanihospila xanthosjnla and of 

 xantliospiLa rujlcollis difter from the females of macrolofha and its 

 sab-species in having the chestnut of the outer tail feathers replac- 

 ed by gre}' marked with black, these colours being generally in 

 well-defined cross bands. 



Colours oj soft parts. As in macrolo'pha. 



Measurements. — Wing about 7'9" (200-G mm.) ; tail about 0-5" 

 (1G5-1 mm.) to 7-1" (180-3 mm.); tarsus 2-35" (59-6 mm.) to 2-5" 

 (63'5 mm.); bill at front about -9" (22-8 mm.), and from gape about 

 1" (25-4 mm.); crest from 1-2" (30-4. mm.) to 1-4" (35-6 mm.) 



lyistiihution. — " Mountain forests of North-Western China, ex- 

 tending into Manchuria and Eastern Tibet." (Ogilvie-Grant.) 



The types of this species were obtained in the j\Ionntains North- 

 West of Pekin, and very far from our Indian limits, but it has 

 also been obtained at Tachien-Lu, just within the borders of 

 extreme Eastern Tibet. 



Nidification. — Nothing recorded. 



General Habits. — This Pheasant is fairl}^ common in the Pine 

 Forests on the more rugged mountains of North- West China as 

 , far West as the Yun-Ling Mountains in Eastern Tibet, where it 

 seems to have similar habits to those of our Indian bird. 



According to Pere ]3avid, their habits are much like those of 

 the true Pheasants ; they are said never to stra}^ far from thick 

 cover, either of the Pine Trees or vmdergrowth, where they are to 

 be found either singly or in pairs, feeding on grain and other 

 vegetarian diet, and especially upon conifers. They are said to 

 be excellent eating, and much superior in this respect to the other 

 kinds of Pheasant found in the same parts of China. 



Genus CIIBYSOLOrUUS. 



The genus Chrysolophus contains only two species, one the well- 

 known Golden Pheasant, the other the Amherst Pheasant which 

 just enters our limits in the extreme East. 



The distinguishing feature of the male is the curious cape-like 

 arrangement of feathers arising from the nape and hanging over 

 the neck and extreme upper back. There is also a true crest of 

 hairy feathers. 



The tail is composed of 18 feathers, and is of very great length, 

 the central pair being four times as long as the outermost. The 

 wing quills are graduated, the fifth being the longest, and the first 

 the shortest, being shorter than the tenth. The tarsi are long and 

 stout, and armed with a spur in the male. 'r-jv. -; 



