58 PHASIANID.E. 



Phasianus versicolor, V. 



(Plate Yl. fig. 1.) 



Pliasianus versicolor, Seehohm, Birds Japan. Hiit]}. -p. S70 (1890); Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 334 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Pheasant are very variable in colour, 

 ranging from stone-colour to dark brown. Thcj' measure from l"o 

 to 1-7 in length, and from 1-2 to 1-4 iu breadth. 



8. Laid in confinement. Gould Coll. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Gould Coll. 

 dens, London). 



3. Japan {H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Phasianus scintillans, Gould. 

 (Plate TI. fig. 3.) 



Phasianus (Graphopliasianus) scintillans, Gould, Ann. ^- Mag. N. H. (3) 



xvii. p. 1-50 (1866). 

 Phasianus scintillans, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 371 (1800) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 337 (1893) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hondo Copper Pheasant are cream-coloured. A 

 few eggs in the Collection which appear to have been addled or 

 imperfectly cleaned have a distinct purple tinge. They measure 

 from 1-8 to 1*9 in length, and from 125 to 1-35 in breadth. 



7. Japan {H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CALOPHASIS, Elliot. 



Calophasis ellioti (Swinh.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Phasianus ellioti, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 335 (1893). 

 Calophasis ellioti, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of Elliot's Pheasant are of a broad oval form and have 

 a considerable amount of gloss. Of the four specimens in the 

 Collection, three are cream-coloured : the fourth is rather paler 

 than the others and has a greenish tinge. They measure from 1'65 

 to 1*72 in length, and from 1"25 to 1-35 in breadth. 



4. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, Loudon). 



Genus CHRYSOLOPHUS, J. E. Grmj. 



The eggs of the Golden Pheasants are smooth, glossy and generally 

 of a broad oval form. A few are slightly pyriform. 



Chrysolophus pictus {Linn.). 



Phasianus pictus, Thien. Furtjyflanz. ges. Vog. p. 20, tab. vii. fig. 1 



(184.5-54). 

 Thaumalea picta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 65. fig. 4 (18.5o-63). 



