CALIJ— PHASI AMD i: 33a 



.^ Above brown, each feather with buff shaft streak, and 

 two bars and tip rufous ; three buff streaks on crown ; throat 

 whitish ; a black patch on chin ; a bkick band, with rufous band 

 below it, at base of throat ; breast pale rufous with white streaks, 

 rest of underparts buffy white, flanks rufous, streaked buff. Bill 

 brown, black at tip, pale at base below. Legs and feet light 

 brown. Wing ,^9 generally 108-111, but variable 104-117. 

 Tarsus 24-26. Bill 9. $ Chin and throat buffy white, no 

 black band, breast reddish buff, spotted dark brown. 



Itreeds. — British Isles; Continental Europe from 65° in 

 Scandinavia and N. Russia, and 60" in Urals, south to 

 Mediterranean and its Islands ; N. Africa (Morocco to Egypt) ; 

 also N. Asia. Migratory ; winters chiefly in C. and S. Africa, 

 Arabia, and India, but many remain in Mediterranean Countries. 



C. coturnix conturbans Ilarlert. Resembles " C. c. africana" 

 (which is smaller in size, and with face, throat, and chest red in 

 male), but has upper wing coverts and inner secondaries more 

 rusty cinnamon brown and less olivaceous than in "africana." 

 Wing usually 100-104. 



Resident. — Azores. 



C. coturnix confisa Hartert. Larger than "conturbans," 

 upper parts lighter and shaft streaks wider, upper wing coverts 

 darker, not so cinnamon brown ; throat shows more white and 

 middle of abdomen whiter. Wing (^ 106-112, 9 io7-ii3(H.). 



Resident. — Madeira and Canaries (typical "coturnix" also 

 occurs there on migration). 



Phasianus. 



Tail lung, of 18 feathers; male with s[)Lir un tarsus and 

 sides of head naked, lobed below eye in spring; nest on 

 ground; eggs numerous, olive brown to brownish grey. 



Phasianus colchicus colchicus L. Pheasant. />. 

 I'aisan ; Gcr. Jadg-Fasan ; Ital. Fagiano ; Swcd. Fasan. 



J Coppery maroon with purple tips to feathers, which are 

 t Miarginate at tip of shaft, wings brown marked with some purple 

 feathers, tail olive yellow barred black, crown green, throat and 

 neck darker with purple reflections, especially on sides of neck, 

 abdomen bluish black. Bill brownish yellow. Bare skin on 



