PHASIANIDJ3. 



Adult female. Upper surface resembles that of the young male, but 

 the forehead, wide superciliary stripes, and cheeks are rufous buff ; 

 the chin, throat, and lore part of the neck are white, shading into 

 rufous buff towards the sides ; rest of underparts buff", paler 

 towards the middle of the breast and belly ; chest, sides, and flanks 

 barred with black. (In very old examples the barring on the 

 chest nearly disappears.) 



Immature females have the feathers of the upper breast and sides 

 spotted. As age increases these spots resolve themselves inlo 

 transverse black bars. 



Hah. Ceylon, Indian Peninsula, the Indo-Chinese countries, 

 Formosa, Celebes, Ternate ; ? Hainan. 



Malacca, Oct. ( W. D.). 



