35. PHA9IANU8. 331 



buff; all the fcathora of the chest, breast, sides, and flanks barred 

 with black, the latter slightly glossed with green. Total len-'th 

 26-4 inches, wing 8-1, tail 12-5, tarsus 2-2. ° 



Ifah. IS'orth-uestern Kansu. 



a. d ad. sk. Kansu, May (Prjevahhj). Seebohm Coll. 



b, c. d ad. et Kansu, May, June (Grum- St. Petersburg Mus. 

 pull. sk. Grzimailo). rj; i ° 



d. $ ad. sk. Kansu, March {Prjevalsky). St. Petersburg Mus. 



[E.]. 



12. Phasianus decollatus. 



1 hasianus decollatus Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 135 [Sze-chuenl ; 

 iJaml, A. Arch. Mus. Bull. vii. p. 11 (1871) [Sze-cbuen, Moi.pin I 

 miot, Mum,,. Phas. ii. pi. vii. [text] (1872) ; Bacid ^- Oustal. Ois. 

 Chine, ^ 411, pi. 100 (1877) [Sin-ling Mts., S. Shen-se, E. Koko- 

 nor* Moupin, E. Sze-cbuen, E. Yunnan, W. Quei-cbow] : See- 

 bohm, Iks, 1888, p. 314; id. Ibis, 1891, p. 380 [W. Sze-cbuen]. 



Adult maUf. Differs chiefly from P. straudii in having the sides 

 and flanks buff instead of orange-red ; from P. torqmtus it may be 

 at once distinguished by having no white ring round the neck the 

 top ot the head dark green instead of pale bronze-green ; and the 

 margins to the chest-feathers much wider and dark green instead of 

 purple. Total length 34-5 inches, wing 9-2, tail lS-7, tarsus 2-S 



Adult female. Kesembles the female of P. strcmcM, but the black 

 patches, especially on the scapulars, wing-coverts, and lower back 

 are larger and more strongly marked; and the chestnut on the 

 upper mantle is darker chestnut. Total length 25 inches win"- S-1 

 tail 10-5, tarsus 2-5. "^ ' 



Hah. Western China, ranging from Eastern Yunnan northwards 

 to Eastern Koko-nor [?]: eastwards to the Sin-ling Mountains and 

 southwards to Western Quei-chow. 



13. Phasianus torquatus. 



^'''■' f.^?l",^ri!^''"^"*' ^"^''- ^''"- '^^"- "• Pt- "• P- ^15 (1783 ), Sujwl.l 



p. 20» (1/8/); )f/. G'e«. //«)■. viii. p. lyO(18L>3). 

 IJing Pliea^ant, Hayes, Ostcrl. Menag. p. 57, pis. 57, 58 (1794) 



[liybnd]. ' v -» 



p. 1.), 



6tej,h. "--•••"'» --"• f'""'- -"• p. --0 ^iciyj; unit. td. t'liv. ni. 

 p. 22, pi. (1829); Gu^-nn-M^neville, Icon. Pkj. Anim , Oi, p -^5 

 pi. 42. fig. 1 (1829-;J8) ; Less. Traits d'Om. p. 495 (18:31)- jJrd 



nf/i\^^''":-'''\ P;,^^^' P'- ■^''^- ^^^•^^) [Hybrid]: J. E. Gray, 

 III Ind. Orn.n. pi. 41. lig. 1 (1834) : G. Ii. Gray, List P. pt. iii. 

 Gall. p. 2.-} (lt>44); ul. Gen. B. iii. p. 497 (1845); Bh,th, Cat. 

 Mas. As. Hoc. p. 245 (1849); Guu/d, B. Asia, vii. pi. 39 (185(5) • 

 Schrenck, Peise n Amur-L. i. p. 402 (1859) ; Swinhoe, Ibis, 1861 



* Probably the birds from E. Kokonor should really be referred tn 

 P. sirawki. ■ 



t Several of the males examined show traces of a white ring round the neck. 



