58 PHASIANID.E. 



Phasianus versicolor, F. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 1.) 



Pliasianus versicolor, Seebohm, Birds Japan. jEmp.p.37Q (1890); Grant, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 334 (1893) ; Sharps, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Japanese Pheasant are very variable in colour, 

 ranging from stone-colour to dark brown. They measure from 1'5 

 to 1'7 in length, and from 1-2 to 1*4 in breadth. 



8. Laid in confinement. Gould Coll. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Gould Coll. 

 dens, London). 



3. Japan (H. Pryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Phasianus scintillans, Gould. 

 (Plate VI. fig. 3.) 



Phasianus (Graphophasianus) scintillans, Gould, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. (3) 



xvii. p. 150 (1866). 

 Phasianus scintillans, Seebohm, Birds Japan. Emp. p. 371 (1890) ; Grant, 



Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 337 (1893) ; Skarpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of the Hondo Copper Pheasant are cream-coloured. A 

 few eggs in the Collection which appear to have been addled or 

 imperfectly cleaned have a distinct purple tinge. They measure 

 from 1-8 to 1-9 in length, and from T25 to 1-35 in breadth. 



7. Japan (H. Fryer). Seebohm Coll. 



Genus CALOPHASIS, Elliot. 



Calophasis ellioti (Swinh.). 

 (Plate VI. fig. 2.) 



Phasianus ellioti, Grant, Cat. Birds B. M. xxii. p. 335 (1893). 

 Calophasis ellioti, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 38 (1899). 



The eggs of Elliot's Pheasant are of a broad oval form and have 

 a considerable amount of gloss. Of the four specimens in the 

 Collection, three are cream-coloured : the fourth is rather paler 

 than the others and has a greenish tinge. They measure from 1*65 

 to 1'72 in length, and from 1'25 to 1'35 in breadth. 



4. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gar- Zool. Society. 



dens, London). 



Genus CHRYSOLOPHUS, J. E. Gray. 



The eggs of the Golden Pheasants are smooth, glossy and generally 

 of a broad oval form. A few are slightly pyriform. 



Chrysolophus pictus (Linn.). 



Phasianus pictus, Thien. Furtpflanz. gets. Vb'g. p. 20, tab. vii. fig. 1 



(1845-54). 

 Thaumalea picta, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 65. tig. 4 (1855-63). 



