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THE GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL 

 Phasianus colchicus and Allies. continued. 



SPECIES OK EACE. 



GEOGRAPHICAL AREA. 



POINTS OP DISTINCTION 



(MALES). 



Phasianus mongolicus 



Phasianus mongolicus 

 semitorquatus 



Phasianus torquatus . . . 



Phasianus torquatus 

 satscheunensis 



Phasianus torquatus 

 formosanus . . . 



Phasianus decollatus... 



Phasianus strauchi ... 

 Phasianus vlangalii . . . 



Phasianus versicolor . . . 

 Phasianun elegans 



Basins of Lakes Saisan, Balk- 

 ash and Issik Kul, Central 

 Asia ... 



Irenkhabirga Mountain district 

 Central Asia 



Valley of Lower Amoor, Mant- 

 chooria, China, south to 

 Canton, Corea, Tsu-sima, 

 Eastern Mongolia ... 



Sa-tschen, north of Nan-shan 

 Mountains .. 



Formosa Island 



Western China 



North-western Kansu 



Tsaidam north to Koko-nor . . . 



Peculiar to Japan, with 

 exception of Yezo. 



South-western China. . . 



the 



Similar to P. persicus but with 

 a broad white neck ring, 

 broken in front. 



Metallic portions of plumage 

 glossed with dull green 

 instead of purple-carmine 

 as in preceding race. 



Lower back, rump, and upper 

 tail coverts, greenish-slate 

 colour ; white ring round 

 the neck. 



Pale form of preceding, scap- 

 ulars margined with sandy- 

 brown instead of brownish- 

 red. 



Similar to P. torquatus, but 

 with the ground-colour of 

 the mantle and flanks pale 

 yellow, instead of orange- 

 buff. 



Similar to P. torquatus, but 

 with no white ring or only 

 traces of one (probably the 

 result of inter-breeding); 

 margins to breast feathers 

 dark green instead of purple. 



Feathers of chest and sides of 

 breast glowing orange-red 

 margined with purplish- 

 green ; no white ring. 



Mantle and scapulars sandy- 

 red ; flanks golden-buff ; 

 chest dark green ; no white 

 ring. 



Uiider-parts unspotted metal- 

 lic green. 



Similar to preceding, but has 

 the flanks golden-brown 

 barred with black. 



NOTE. In compiling the above Table I have to a great extent followed Mr. Grant's admirable 

 arrangement of the group in the British Museum Catalogue of Birds, in which the Pheasants have 

 been most recently monographed. 



