592 Mr. S. A. Buturlin on the True Pheasants. 



post-ocular spot ; chest- feathers 

 very nan'owly margined, and not 

 to the tip, with black). 

 '^. General colouring darker ; eye- 

 brows narrower; central tail- 

 feathers more yellowish karjmivi. 



0). General colouring paler ; eye- 

 brows broader ; central tail- 

 feathers more olive huturliui. 



I". Mantle and flanks straw-yellow ; 

 eyebrow pure white and much 

 broader than eye-diameter ; scapu- 

 lars margined with light Indian-red 

 or even rufous-buftj and only very 

 slightly glossed apically with cop- 

 pery purplish. 

 0, Chest- and breast-feathers with 

 narrow, about ^ mm. (0'02inch) 

 or less, glossy black margins ; 

 black patch under the ear with 

 a white spot ; mantle somewhat 

 tinged with golden. 



1, Black margins of chest-feathers 



interrupted near the tip of the 

 feather, not coalescing with 

 the black apical shaft-streak . nssurietisis. 



2. Black margins of chest-feathers 



border also their tips, thus 

 coalescing with black apical 



shaft-strealvS ulphcnikyi. 



IT. Chest- and breast-feathers with 

 broad, about 1 mm. (0-04 inch) 

 glossy black margins ; black 

 patch under the ear without 

 white spot ; mantle paler, more 



straw-yellow huyenbecki. 



f. Upper back without glossy black apical shaft- 

 streaks or wedges (no collar or whitish eye- 

 brow ; rich green of the neck extending to 

 the middle of chest and breast ; mantle and 

 flanks dark golden orange with coppery-red 



reflections) .• eleyans. 



D. Hair-like side tail-coverts without rusty or orange 

 patch; chest, breast, and Hanks uniform dark 

 greenish or bluish (no collar nor whitish eye- 

 brow) versicolor. 



