31. CHOSSOI'TILON. 295 



Man. Phas. i. pi. 10 (1872) ; David 8,- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 405, 

 pi. lOG (1877) [Mts. of Pechi-Ii] ; Sclat. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 118, 

 pi. viii. fig. 0. 



Adult male. Top of the head covered -\vith short black curly 

 feathers ; back of the head and neck black, slightl)' glossed and 

 shading gradually into brown on the lower parts of the mantle and 

 wings ; the secondaries are slightly glossed with i)urplo ; lower 

 back, rump, and upper tail-coverts dirty white ; chin, throat, and 

 elongate ear-tufts white ; an indistinct white baud separates the 

 short feathers of the top from those covering the back of the head ; 

 chest dark blackish brown, gradually becoming lighter on the 

 underparts ; vent and under tail-coverts brownish white. Tail with 

 "22 feathers ; the basal part dirty white, and the extremities brownish 

 black glossed with rich purplish l)lue : the lateral webs of the central 

 pairs are very long and free, and the extremities are much curved. 

 Naked sides of the face scarlet ; bill light reddish horn-colour ; legs 

 red. Total length about 41 inches, wing 12-7, tail 22-6, tarsus -I'l. 



Adult female, llesembles the male, but has no spurs. 



Hah. Mountains of Mantchouria and Pechi-li. 



a. cJ ad. sk. N.W. China. Gould Coll. 



b'd. (S ? ad. St. Mountains X.W. of Pekiu. Hon. Sir F. W. A. Bruce, 



et 2 ad. sk. K.C.B. [P.]. 



«,/. Pull. St. England. Zool. Soc. Coll. 



4. Crossoptilon auritum. 



Phasianus auritus, Pull. Zooi/r. Posso-Asiaf. ii. p. 8G (1811); Grai/, 

 Lid Gallince Brit. Mas. p." 31 (1807); Sclut. Ibi.i, 1874, p. 170. 



Crossoptilon auritum, f/r^y, Ilaiid-l. B. ii. p. 2.59 (1870); Swinh. 

 P. Z. S. 1871, p. 3U9 ; iiclat. P. Z. S. 1871, p. 49-5 ; Elliot, Mon. 

 Phag. i. pi. 17 (187:i); Prjev. Monijolia, ii. p. 121 (1870); id. in 

 Bowl. Orn. Misc. ii. p. 420 (1877) [Kansu, Ala-shan Mts.] ; Darid 

 >.V Ousidl. Ois. Chine, p. 400, pi. 108 (1877) [X.W. Sze-chuen, 

 E. Koko-uor]; Prjev. Beisrn in Tibet, p 204 (1884); Ple.-ikc,Bull. 

 Acad. tSt. Petersb. xm. p. l'97 (18!)2) [North Nan-Shan]. 



Crossoptilon cajridescens, David, J/<S'. ; Mdne-Edw. C. R. l.xx. p. 538 

 (1870) [Sze-chuen]; id. Ann. May. N. H. (4) v. p. 308(1870); 

 David, N. Arch. Mas. Bull. vii. p. 11 (1871) [Koko-uor]. 



Adult male. Top of the head covered with short, soft, velvety 

 black feathers ; lores, chin, throat, and elongate ear-patches wiiite ; 

 rest of the upper and under parts slate-grey ; an indistinct white 

 band divides tlie black of the top of the head from the grey of tlie 

 occiput ; primaries brown ; secondaries dark brown, sliglitly glossed 

 with i)uri)le. Tail with 24 feathers ; the two middle pairs grey, 

 shading into black glossed with purple at the extremity, and with 

 very long, curved, free webs ; the six outer pairs have the basal 

 three-quarters white and the extremity l)lack gh)ssed with purple ; 

 the remaining pairs have the basal part black, the sixth i)air being 

 white on each side of the shaft. Bill reddish horn : naked sides of 

 face scarlet ; legs red. Total length 40 inches, wing 12-4, tail 21, 

 tarsus 4. 



Adxdt female. Kesembles the male, but has no spurs. 



