PHASIANIDAE 2 I I 



P. mongolicus, extending from the Syr-Daria to Mongolia. All 

 these races have the crown greenish, and differ chiefly in the 

 colour of the scapulars, breast, rump, and abdomen ; a white 

 collar occurring in P. torquatus, P. mongolicus, P. satscheunensis, 

 and P. formosanus, while P. versicolor is green below. Where 

 two forms meet hybrids are not uncommon. In P. soemmerringi of 

 Japan, P. ellioti of South-East China, and P. humiae of Manipur 



FIG. 46. Pheasant. Phasianus colchicus. x f . 



and Upper Burma the crown is red-brown, the first species 

 having the lower back maroon with gold reflexions, the two 

 others a black and white rump, with white and chestnut belly 

 respectively. P. reevesi of North and West China has the crown 

 white encircled by black, the nape and throat white with a sub- 

 jacent black collar, the remaining upper parts yellowish-red and 

 black, with white and rufous on the wings, the breast black, white, 

 and chestnut, the abdomen black, the tail is extremely long. 



