ARKIV FÖR ZOOLOGI. BAND 2. N:0 9. 



Crown of the head, nape 

 and hindneck 

 sides of the neck 



throat maroon 



mantle coppeiy red 



chest 



flanks with golden 



orange gloss and the 



broad black ends to the 



feathers 



middle of the breast 



rump 



light transverse bars on 

 the inner web of the 

 primaries 



the black bars of the 

 central tail feathers 



Ph. m. turcestanicus. 

 green with prevailing 

 green and bronzy gloss; 

 with strong bluish green, 

 partly somewhat bluish 

 violet gloss; 



the tips of tho feathers 

 with a slight bluish green 

 gloss, a streak of bluish 

 dividing the throat from 

 the cheeks; 



wåth purplish gloss when 

 seen betweenthespectator 

 and thelight, bronzy when 

 the light falls obliquely 

 from the side; the black 

 marks have in the former 

 case a bluish in the latter 

 a green ish gloss: 

 with a strong purple gloss, 

 in a certain light even 

 cherrv-red ; 



with blue gloss; 



distinctly oily green; 



with a strong oily green 

 gloss; 



less deveioped and leaving 

 about 7 — 8 cm. of the 

 distal part of the inner 

 web ot the four outer 

 primaries unspotted; 

 broader about 4 — 6 mm. 



Ph. m. from Baimgol. 

 green with decid ed purp- 

 lish gloss ; 



less bluish green in the 

 upper parts, bronzy 

 green on the lower; 

 with a well deveioped 

 bronzy green hue, the 

 same colour all över the 

 throat ; 



with golden orange gloss 

 in the former case, a 

 strong green gloss in tho 

 latter case; the black 

 has always a green gloss 

 if an v; 



with a coppery red gloss 

 and when seen from the 

 side somewhat V>ronzy, 

 the latter gloss being 

 somewdiat more conspi- 

 cuous in the middle of 

 the breast; 

 with green gloss; 



with a slight bronzy 



green gloss; 



in one specimen oily 



green, in the other only 



a little green on red 



maroon; 



better deveioped and 



extending to 4—5 cm. 



from the end of the 



primaries; 



narrower, usually 2— 27^ 

 mm. 



The young male shot at Baimgol the 15:th of August has 

 a very interesting plumage as it is in full moult. It has 

 assumed the feathers of the semiadult male on the mantle 

 and mostly on the chest and breast. On the back the plu- 

 mage is mixed. On the rump the new feathers have appeared, 

 the new tail-feathers are also deveioped, although"not yet full- 

 grown. The feathers of the wings are mixed. On the head 

 only a few feathers on the crown are deveioped. Throat and 

 neck are still clothed with the greyish white and mottled fea- 

 thers of the young. The feathers of the semiadult differ 

 from that of the adult in several respects and this difference 



