35. I'UASIANUS. 329 



Subsp. a. Phasianus semitorquatus. 



riiasianus semitorquatus, Seoertz. Ibis, IcS/o, p. 491 [North-east of 



Kuldja and Ebi-uor]. 

 Piiaaiauus ujoufrolicus semitorquatus, Pkske, Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. 



xiii. p. 295 (1892) [Prov. of Gutchen and Urumtsi]. 



Adult male. Differs from the male of P. moiujolicus in having the 

 mantle, upper tail-coverts, chest, and upper breast glossed vrith 

 green instead of purple-carmine, and the white ring more widely 

 interrupted across the fore part of the neck. 



A'luU fi-mule. Very similar to the female of P. monr/oUcus. 



JJab. Dzuugaria : vicinity of Ebi-nor, Kuldja, Urumtsi, and 

 Gutchen. 



a. (S ad. sk. Ebi-nor, Dznngaria, Dec. Purchased. 



{Severtzor). 



b, c. (S 2 "tl- ^^- Urumtsi, Uzungaria, Dec. St. Petersburg Mus. 



(Peiczow). [E.]. 



d. (5 ad. sk. [Altai Mountain?.] 



9. Phasianus elegans. 



Phasianus elegans, miot, Ann. ^- May. X. H. (4) vi. p. 312 (1870) ; 

 Sclut. P. Z. S. 1870, p. 070 [Yun-ling Jits., W. Sze-chuen] ; Elliot, 

 Munoy. Pluis. ii. pi. viii. [text] (1872) ; Seebuhm, Ibis, 1888, p. 315. 



Phasianus sladeni, Anders. MS., Elliot, P. Z. S. 1870, pp. 404. 408 ; 

 Anders. P. A. S. 1871, p. 214 [W. Yunnan]; Swinh. P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 398 ; David S,- Oustal. Ois. Chine, p. 411 (1877) [W. Sze-chuen 

 and NV. Yunnan]; Anders. B. W. Yunnan, p. 671 (1878) 

 [Momieu dist.]. 



Adult male. This and the following species are at once dis- 

 tinguished from the species of the group including P. culchlcus and 

 its near allies by the general colour of the lower back, rump, and 

 upper tail-coverts, which are greenish or bluish slate with a rust-- 

 coloured patch on each side *, and by the black bars on the basal 

 part of the middle tail-feathers, which are much wider. The 

 feathers of the mantle and scapulars are dark orange-red, rather 

 widely tipped with sandy buff and slightly glossed with green, the 

 upper feathers of the mantle are faintly edged and spotted at the 

 extremity with dark green ; the feathers of the lower back and 

 rump with rather wide subtenuinal dark green bands ; the lesser 

 and median wing-coverts greenish grey ; the chest, upper and 

 middle jiarts of the breast, and sides of the belly dark green ; 

 otherwise the plumage is very similar to that of J', colchicus. 

 Total length 27o inches, wing 9-1, tail 14'7, tarsus 2-5. 



Adult female. Differs chietly from the female of P. colchicus in 

 having the chin, throat, and fore part of the neck white, and the 

 chest and rest of the underparts barred with irregular black bars ; 

 it is scarcely to be distinguished from the female of P. strauchi. 

 Total length 21*1 inches, wing 7'9, tail 9*8, tarsus 2-3. 



Hab. West Yunnan and Western Sze-chuen. 



* Except in P. versicolor. 



