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by which the two birds may be always distinguislied from 

 one another^ and that is the colouring of the sides of the 

 neck above the white ring. In P. turquatus this is violet, 

 except just next to the liiig; in the north-east Chihli bird 

 it is green , 



The Pheasant of north-east Chihli may therefore be 

 characterized as follows : — 



1. Eyebrow more or less broad. 



2. Sides of the neck above the white ring shot with green. 



3. White ring, generally broad and always complete. 



4. Flanks and base of hind neck more oi' less deep orange. 



5. Ridge of back and rump olive with a more or less 



brilliant emerald-green sheen. 



Of the above characters, only Nos. 2 and 3 are absolutely 

 constant. 



Among the series of Ring-necked Pheasants procured 

 here, three may be specially mentioned. One, apparently 

 hermaphrodite, purchased in the market on the 23rd of 

 January, 1916 ; and a female^ also obtained in the local 

 market, which has the black markings of the upper parts 

 replaced by a delicate lavender-grey. The former bird has 

 the general colouring of the male P. karpowi, the coppery- 

 red upper breast-feathers are not edged with black, having 

 only a black apical speck, the webs on either side of this 

 have a straw-coloured spot at their extremity. The flank- 

 spots are very small, the white collar has just below it on 

 the hind neck a broad edge of coppery chestnut and is edged 

 with straw-colour in front. The wing-coverts are marked 

 with chestnut. The colouring of the back resembles neither 

 that of the male nor that of the female : the feathers are 

 black in the centre with a brownish-buff spot towards the 

 base, the shaft of the same light colouring, the rest of the 

 feathers is chestnut waved with black and with a broad 

 border of dull olive-grey. The rump feathers are dark 

 brown, barred with brownish buff and with a metallic green 

 apical fringe. The upper tail-coverts are huffish grey with 

 broad oval-shaped bars encircled with chestnut. The tail 

 (central rectrices missing) is of the usual golden olive with 



