the True Pheasants. 587 



■nith purple-red ; cbest-feathera somewhat 

 pointed and deeply emarginated, their black 

 margin naiTow, not broader than ^ mm., 



0'02 inch) persicus. 



Scapulars, when undisturbed, quite uniformlj' 

 coloured or variegated only with black apical 

 edges and spots, as wide glossy coppery red or 

 golden margins of these feathers alone are 

 naturally visible, inner creamy or buffish and 

 black pattern being somewhat visible, if at all, 

 on very few of them. 

 3. Lesser and median wing-coverts more or less 

 white (sometimes greyish or buffish tinged) ; 

 upper tail-coverts with little if any admixture 

 of green in the copper-red or rusty general 

 colouring. 

 y. White collar absent or at least not more than 

 5 mm. (0'2 inch) wide : mantle largely of a 

 golden ground-colour; middle chest-feathers 

 conspicuously margined with purplish red 

 or with glossy black, 

 c'. Most feathers of middle breast and chest 

 purple-, not black-margined. 

 y'. Uppermost part of back golden yellow, 

 as the rest of the mantle, not or very 

 slightly purplish-glossed. 

 a". Scapulars widely margined apically 

 with black (mantle and flanks pale 

 golden yellow ; rump brick-red ; pur- 

 plish margins of chest-feathers about 

 2^ mm., 0"1 inch, wide). 

 a". Black markings of mantle and 



flanks with green gloss prevailing, komaroici. 

 /3". Black markings of mantle and 



flanks with blue gloss prevailing. . lirinciimlis. 



b". Scapulars not margined, but only 



tipped with black. 



y". Chest-feathers widely margined, 



about 2^ mm. (O'l inch), with 



purple - red ; black markings of 



mantle and flanks with green gloss 



prevailing ; generally only traces 



of collar present zartuhiyi. 



5". Purple-red margins of chest- feathers 

 only about 1 mm. (0-04 inch) wide ; 



