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PHASIANID^. 



ocelli. Iris brown. Bill, upper mandible dusky horny, lower pale 

 flesby ; legs and feet brownisb red. Total length 12-6 inches, 

 wing 5-9, tail 3-5, tarsus 1-6 (Indian specimens). Total length 

 13'8 inches, wing 6-6, tail 3-9, tarsus 1-9 (Cyprus &c. specimens). 



Immature male has the larger part of the feathers of breast and 

 belly ornamented with a subterminal pair of white ocelli. 



Tn still younger specimens the whole of the feathers of the under- 

 parts, with the exception of a few in the middle of the chest and 

 breast, have a subterminal pair of white ocelli ; while the flanks are 

 buff or white, with large V-shaped black bars ; the chestnut collar 

 is narrow and incomplete, and the throat is whitish buff mixed with 

 black. 



In a quite young hirfl the plumage is like that of the female, and the 

 the chestnut collar is only indicated by a few rufous feathers on nape. 



It is to be remarked that Indian specimens, although absolutely 

 identical in plumage with those from Cyprus, Asia Minor, and 

 Persia, are considerably smaller in size. 



Indian specimens : wing 5' 7-6 inches. 



Cyprus &c. specimens : wing 6-6-6-9 inches. 



Hah. From Cyprus, Palestine, and Asia Minor, through Persia 

 eastwards to Northern and Central India, Assam, Cachar, Tipperah, 

 and Manipur. (Apparently extinct in Sicily.) 



a-l. (S $ ad. sk. 



7n. S ad. sk. 



n, 0. S 2 ad. sk. 



p, q. (S imm. et 



2 ad. sk. 

 r. cJ ad. sk. 



«. 5 ad. sk. 



t, u, (S 2 ad. sk. 



V. (S ad. sk. 



w,x. c? 2 ad. st. 

 y. 5 ad. sk. 



s. S ad. sk. 



a'. 2 ad. sk. 



v. tS ad. sk. 

 c'. (S imm. sk. 



d', e'. S ad. sk. 



/. c? ad. sk. 

 g\ h'. S 2 ad. sk, 

 i'-v^. cS 2 ad. et 

 imm, sk. 



Cyprus, April, May, June, 



"Nov. 

 Plain of Gennesaret. 



Anatolia, Jan., Feb. (C. G. 



Danford). 

 Osmanjik, Asia Minor, Jan. 



Osmaniik, Asia Minor, Jan. 



(C. G. D.). 

 Adana, Asia Minor, Jan. 



(C. G. D.). 

 Euphrates River. 



Fao, Persian Gulf, June. 



Persia. 

 Busrah, Dec. 



Dasht P., Beluchistan, Jan. 



De-Kamran, Oct. [Dr. Ait- 



chison). 

 Kandahar ( Pf'. Griffith). 

 Shiliarpur, Nov. {Major 



MacRae). 

 Sukkur, Jan., March {A. 



O.H.^- W.T.Blanford). 

 Karachi, April (E. A. Butler). 

 Kutch. 

 Gm'gaon Dist., Jan. to Sept. 



(A.O.H. S,- W.N. Chill). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



Canon H. B. Tris- 

 tram [C.]. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



C. G. Danford, Esq. 



[P-]. 

 H. E. Dresser, Esq. 



[E.]. 

 H. E. Dresser, Esq. 



Euphrates Expedi- 

 tion [P.]. 



W. D. Gumming, 

 Esq. [P.]. 



Sir K. Loftus [P.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Afghan Boundary 

 Commission. 



India Museum [P.]. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



