niASIAXTD.E. :V.) I 



D. Episternal process perforated to receive the sternal ends of 



the coracoids. 



E. Young, when hatched, covered with (h)\vn, and able to run 



in a few hours. 



Family PHASIANID^ *. 



[Of. Seebohm, Classif. 13. p. 42.] 



A. Inner notch- of sternum more than half the len^^rh of tie 



whole sternum. 



B. Hallux raised above the level of the front toes, and its basal 



phalanx shorter than the hind toe. 



C. Oil-gland tufted, or absent. 



Genus PHASIANUS. 

 Linnaeus, Syst. ^"at. i. p. 270 (17G6), 



Phasianus colchicus. 



PJuisicnius colcJiicus, Liuutcus, iSysfc. Nat. i. p. 271 (17GG) ; E. 0. U. 

 List iJrit. B. p. 141 (1883). " 



The Common Pheasant. 



Bab. Europe and Western Asia. 



1958. Skeleton. Present ed hij IT. Uonrr, /isq. 



1959. Sternum, with shoulder-girdle, of inale " Bohenuan 



Pheasant. ' From the Zoolocikal Society. 



Phasianus versicolor, 



Phasianus v(rsicoloi\ Temminck, PI. Col. v. pis. 486, 4'J3 (1S3U) ; 

 Elliot, MonogT. Plias, ii. pi. ix. (1872X 



The Japanese Pheasant. 



Ilah. Japan. 



* = Suborder Thasiani, Shiiriu-, Kovitw, p. 68: rf. Lvckkkcr, Cat. Fosm" 

 Birds Brit. Mus^. p. 131 (1801). 



