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Corea have the ground-colour of the mantle and flanks a 

 paler buff than usual^ but they do not approach P. formo- 

 sanus in having any wider dark margins than is usual on the 

 breast-feathers. The feathers of the upper mantle also differ 

 very considerably ; the centres are white in an example from 

 the Amoor, and black with a narrow white shaft-streak in 

 examples from Northern and Central China ; but other 

 examples are intermediate in this respect. This form is 

 unquestionably most nearly allied to P. fonnosanus, and of 

 those races which have no white collar it appears to be most 

 nearly allied to P. decollatus. 



— Phasianus decollatus. 



The type of this Pheasant in my collection was obtained 

 by Swinhoe in Eastern Setchuen, and there is an example in 

 the Paris Museum from Mekong, in South-eastern Tibet. 



It may be distinguished from its near allies by the posses- 

 sion of two characters — flank-feathers huff, with the usual 

 nearly black tips, but with little or no metallic gloss, and no 

 white ring round the neck. 



It appears to be an intermediate form between P. torquatus 

 and P. strauchi. From the former it not only differs in 

 having no ring round the neck, but in having a paler mantle, 

 somewhat paler flanks, and broader dark margins to the 

 breast -feathers. 



—Phasianus strauchi. 



This Pheasant was originally described from examples 

 obtained by Gen. Prjevalsky in Kansu, in the extreme north- 

 west of China ; but the three examples in the Paris Museum, 

 obtained by TAbbe David in Moupiii, in Eastern Tibet, 

 must, I think, also be referred to this race. 



It may be recognized by its combination of the two cha- 

 racters, — flanks chestnut-red, with the usual dark tips, and 

 with a high degree of metallic gloss, but breast with very 

 little green on it. Its dark glossy flanks make it a very 

 handsome bird, though it has no white ring round the neck. 



It appears to be nearest allied to P. decollatus, but the 



