34 Allen's naturalist's libra r v. 



11. Cj'owii of the head reddish. 

 XVII. scemmerring's copper pheasant. PHASIANUS 



SGExMMERRINGI. 



Phasiatiiis soemmerringii^ Temm. PI. Col. v. pis. 8 and 9 [Nos. 

 487, 488J (1830); Cassin, in Perry's Exped. Japan, ii. p. 

 ^25, pi. 2 (1856); Sclater, in Wolfs Zool. Sketches, 2, 

 pi. 32 (1861); Gould, B. Asia, vii. pi. 37 (1867); Elliot, 

 Monogr. Phasian. ii. pi. xii. (1872); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xxii. p. 336 (1893). 



Adult Male. — General colour above chestnut or brownish- 

 chestnut, the margins of the feathers of the upper-parts and 

 chest glossed with purplish-carmine, changing to fiery gold ; 

 the basal part of the feathers black, most conspicuous on the 

 wing-coverts ; breast and rest of the under-parts and tail-feathers 

 chestnut, the long middle pair with wide-set narrow black bars 

 dividing the lighter from the darker chestnut, and the outer 

 pairs widely tipped with black. Total length, 50 inches ; wing, 

 88 ; tail, 37 ; tarsus, 2-5. 



Adult Female. — Crown of the head blackish^ each feather 

 margined with rufous; general colour of the upper-parts black, 

 motded with sandy-buff and rufous, the feathers on the mantle 

 with the ground-colour mostly rufous, those of the back and 

 scapulars mostly black, with buff shaft-stripes ; chin, throat, 

 and fore-part of the neck pale buff, most of the feathers, except 

 those down the middle, being tipped with black. Chest pale 

 greyish-rufous, spotted with black ; rest of the under-parts 

 mostly buff; tail-feathers chestnut, the middle pairs indistinctly 

 mottled with black and buff, the outer pairs tipped with black 

 and white. Total length, 2ro inches; wing, 8-i ; tail, 7-5; 

 tarsus, 2 "I. 



Range. — The Japanese islands of Hondo and Kiu-siu. 



Habits. — Very little has been written about the habits of 

 Scemmerring's Copper Pheasant, and the only pubUshed notes 

 are not very important. Since the year 1865 several birds 



