466 Mr. J. D. La Toncho on the [Ibis, 



however, able to preserve but one example in faded spring 

 dress, which cannot be distinguished from PJtasianvs c. tor- 

 quatvs. 



As is now usual in the vicinity of the China ports open to 

 foreign trade, Pheasants at Shasi are scarce, and good 

 shooting is only possible at some distance from the port. 

 The Pheasants have been destroyed by being shot out of 

 season, and by wholesale massacre for the benefit of 

 canning and cold storage factories, the treaty-port markets, 

 and mail-boats. Protests and petitions from foreign 

 residents in central and north China have so far been 

 unsuccessful to obtain adequate protection for ihe fast 

 disappearing game of the Yangtze valley, which in a very 

 few years will be as extinct as the " Dodo." 



122. Syrmaticus reevesii (Gray). 

 T. & B. p. 143. 



Apparently very common in Chang-yang Hsien, whence I 

 received several examples. 



123. Chrysolophus pictus (L.). 

 T. & 13. p. 143. 



Abundant in Chang-yang Hsien and other mountain dis- 

 tricts of Hupeh. The Golden Pheasant is, it is said, very 

 hard to shoot, as it keeps to the thick woods and coverts. 



124. Tragopan temminckii (J. E, Gray). 

 T. & B. p. 140. 



Occurs on the higher mountains of Chang-yang Hsien, but 

 is collected with difficulty. 



125. Coturnix coturnix L. 



Quail are abundant on the plain, but I have only indefinite 

 records of this species. Thayer and Bangs record a large 

 series of the Japanese Quail from Ichang and Chang-yang 

 Hsien. 



126. Turnix blanfordi Blyth. 

 T. & B. p. 143. 



Common on the plain near Shasi. 



