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of the latter specimen were as follows : — Iris yellow, divided 

 by a dark r.ouc ; bill black ; legs dark coral-red. Wing 7'Q 

 inches, tail about 82, total length 15*4. The crop was 

 crammed with Indian corn. 



The native hunters told rae that formerly this Dove was 

 common at Kuatun, and that they used to catch numljers in 

 their rat-traps. One of these men told me that during one 

 of our expeditions up ^Nlount David he had seen a green 

 Pigeon [Chalcophaps indie aY). 



165. Phasianus torquatus Gm. 



The Ring-necke:l Pheasant is very abundant among the 

 Wu Yi hills ; it also occurs sparingly on the grasslands near 

 Kuatun. 



166. Phasianus ellioti Swinlioe. 



Elliot's Pheasant is apparently very rare in the Kuatun 

 Mountains, and is but seldom trapped by the local hunters. 

 The tail-feathers of a male were brought to us in spring 

 1897 by our men, and a fine male was collected by one of 

 the native hunters previous to our arrival at Kuatun in 1898. 

 This same hunter said that shortly after our coming he saw 

 another in the forest nearest the village. 



167. Euplocamus ni'cthemerus (Linn.). 

 Common in the forest near Kuatun. 



168. PUCRASIA DARWINI Swiuh. 



Common in the Kuatun Mountains. It is met within the 

 bamboo-groves and more open parts of the country, as well 

 as in the forests. One of the native hunters had found the 

 eggs, which he said were white. 



169. Ceriornis caboti Gould. 



Cabot's Tragopan is not uncommon in the forests near 

 Kuatun, and on various occasions we have received speci- 

 mens trapped by the natives. Only four specimens w^ere 

 obtained by us during our stay at Kuatun : an adult male 

 which had been trapped in March j a young male assuming 

 adult plumage, trapped on the 30th March ; and two females, 

 shot by our hunters in the forests on the 13th April and the 



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