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III. THE CHESTNUT-MANTLED KOKLASS PHEASANT. PUCRASIA 

 CASTANEA. 



Pucrasia castanea, Gould, P. Z. S. 1854, p. 99; id. B. Asia, 

 vii. pi. 27 (1854); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. 

 P- 314 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Easily recognised from P. macrolopha by having 

 the nape and upper-part of the majitle deep chestnut^ like the rest 

 of the under-parts. 



Adult Female.— Has not yet been described. 



Range. — Rather uncertain, but probably Northern Afghani- 

 stan and Kafiristan. 



I have begged several of the officers about to take part in 

 the present disturbances at Chitral to look out for this fine 

 bird ; whether they will have any opportunity of obtaining speci- 

 mens remains to be seen, but I sincerely hope that they may. 



IV. Meyer's koklass pheasant, pucrasia meyeri. 

 Pucrasia meyeri, Madarasz, Ibis, 1886, p. 145; Ogilvie-Grant, 

 Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 315 (1893). 



Adult Male. — Distinguished from the male of P. mac7'olopha 

 by having a ivdi-marked yelloiv nuchal collar like that of the 

 next species, P. xanthospila, from which it differs in the colour 

 of the outer tail-feathers, which are mostly rufous. 



Adult Female. — Like i\\Q female of the next species, P. xantho- 

 spila, but the outer tail-feathers are mostly rufous. 



Range. — Yer-ka-lo on the Upper Mekong to Central Tibet. 



B. Basal part of the outer tail feathers grey. 



V. the yellow-necked KOKLASS PHEASANT. PUCRASIA 

 XANTHOSPILA. 



Pucrasia xanihospila^ Gray, P. Z. S. T864, p. 259, pi. xx.; 

 Milne-Edwards, N. Arch. Mus. Bull. i. p. 14, pi. i, figs. 3 

 and 4 (1865); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 24 (1869); Elhot, 

 Monogr. Phasian. i. pi. 30 (1872); David and Oustalet, 

 Ois. Chine, p. 407, pi. 104 (1877); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 315 (1893). 



