4G3 Mr. C. Ingram on the 



in low oak scrub close to cultivated ground. These were 

 doubtless the Sungarian Pheasant. (' The Long White 

 Mountain/ p. 328.) 



136. [Crossoptilum mantchuricum Swinh. Manchurian 

 Snow-Pheasant. 



Elliot_, Mon. Phas. vol. i.; Dresser, p. 672. 



Although this bird is called mantchuricum, and, indeed, 

 there is no reason why it should not come from Manchuria, 

 I can find no positive proof of its ever having occurred in 

 that country. Swinhoe, when he first described the bird 

 (P. Z. S. 1862) said, " if I am rightly informed our specimen 

 hails from Manchuria ^^ ; and I presume it was upon the 

 strength of this same skin, doubtless brought to him by a 

 native, that he informed Elliot [torn, cit.) that it was found 

 in Manchuria. As specimens liave since come from the 

 Pe-chi-li Mountains, North China, there is every probability 

 of its occurring also in Manchuria, but on our present 

 knowledge it cannot be definitely included in the avifauna 

 of that country. I can find no trace of Swinhoe^s female 

 specimen from which he originally described the species : 

 it is not in the British Museum, which now contains most 

 of his collection.] 



137. Perdix daurica (Pall.). Bearded Partridge. 

 Tacz. p. 776 : Dresser, p. 683. 



a. J . Pe-tu-na, Central Manchuria. (Sept.) 1886. 



Sir Evan James writes ('The Long White Mountain/ 

 p. 270) that " Partridges are not so common.^' Very large 

 numbers are sent to the European markets every winter, 

 but these may perhaps come from Dauria. 



138. CoTURNix COMMUNIS (Linn.). Common Quail. 

 Tacz. p. 779 ; Dresser, p. 685. 



Bianchi, Ann. Mus. Zool. St. Petersb. 1902. 



a. c? . Khingan Mts., alt. 3400 ft. June 6, 1908. 



b, c. S S (C". communis x japonica). Khingan Mts., alt. 

 3400 ft. June 11 and 15, 1908. 



