298 Mr. F. W. Styaii on 



COLUMBA LEUCONOTA Vig. 



Two from Suagpau, November. 



Tetrastes severtzowi Pi'zew. 



Two killed at one shot, while feediag in the snovv; Sutig- 

 pan, November. 



Perdix siFANicA Przew. 



Sungpan, October; Tuiig-pei, November. 



CrOSSOPTILON AURITUM (Pall.). 

 Tung-pei, October, November. 



PhASIANUS ELEGAN8 Elliot. 



Sungpan, October; Tung-pei, November. 



Ithaginis SINENSIS David. 



Tung-pei, October, November; Yang-liu-pan, August, 

 September. 



PUCRASIA DARWINI SwillllOe. 



None were actually obtained during this trip ; but on a 

 former occasion one was sent me from near Ichang, dated 

 8th September, in a stage of plumage which deserves 

 attention. Although in most respects resembling a fully- 

 adult bird, it shows no trace of the broad chestnut band 

 which in the fuU-plumaged bird extends down the centre of 

 the body from the throat to the vent. At first I was led to 

 believe it to be of a new species ; but specimens from Fohkien, 

 kindly lent by Messrs. Rickett and La Touche, show that it is 

 merely in an intermediate stage of plumage. Six specimens 

 killed in winter show the chestnut band in process of develop- 

 ment ; in some only a trace is visible, in others more than 

 half has appeared. The young cock doubtless resembles the 

 female ; at the autumn moult this plain plumage is assumed, 

 and during the course of the winter the chestnut band 

 gradually appears. 



The young of P. fnacrolopha moults directly into the 

 chestnut plumage. 



Ibidorhynchus struthersi Vig. 



Sungpan, November ; Lung An, December. 



