the True Pheasants. 591 



rj". Sides of breast golden rufous ; black 

 apical wedges of upper back 

 broader; margins of scapulars butiy 



rufous red berezowskii. 



6". Sides of breast golden yellow ; 

 black apical wedges of upper back 

 narrower; margins of scapulars 



darker rufous red decollntus. 



\i! . White or whitish eyebrow always 

 present, even in much abraded plumage 

 some traces of it ; (collar ordinarily 

 present, though narrow and leaving 

 free the whole front third of the neck), 

 i". Margins of scapulars and of tertiaries 

 dark rufous-chestnut strongly con- 

 trasting with the fiery golden of the 



upper back alasclumicus. 



j". Margins of scapulars and of tertiaries 

 paler, more sandy brown with some 

 vinous tinge, and passing gradually 

 into the golden yellow of upper back, satschetiensis. 

 . White collar present and complete or only 

 slightly interrupted, embracing much 

 more than two-thirds of the neck ; white 

 or whitish eyebrow always readily dis- 

 cernible. 



v. Flanks creamy white fonnosaynis. 



^'. Flanks straw-yellow, or golden, or darker 

 still. 

 k". Collar not very broad and somewhat 

 interrupted or at least narrower in 

 front ; belly edged in front with glossy 

 green; eyebrows dirty and narrow 

 (narrower than diameter of the eye). 

 X". Mantle and flanks golden yellow . . ijmelmi. 

 \l' . Mantle and flanks golden orange . . kiang&uensis. 

 I", Collar very broad, especially in front ; 

 belly edged in front with glossy bluish 

 green or violet - green ; eyebrows 

 cleaner white and somewhat broader. 

 v" . Mantle and flanks golden orange; 

 eyebrow not broader than the eye- 

 diameter ; scapulars margined with 

 dark Indian-red or intense rufous- 

 maroon, strongly glossed apically 

 with coppery purplish (no white 



