P HAS I ANUS 667 



927. SUBSP. PHASIANUS SATCHUENSIS. 



Phasianus satchuensis, Prjev. Iz Zaisan cherez, Khami v. Tibet, etc., 

 p. 95 (1883) ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 333. 



ad. Differs from P. torquatus in having the wing-coverts bluer, the 

 upper parts paler, the ground-colour being dull orange-buff ; rump and 

 upper tail-coverts bluer ; bars on the tail narrower ; the white collar 

 narrower and interrupted in front. Culmen 1'45, wing 9'5, tail 2T5, 

 tarsus 2*5 inch. Female paler than that of P. torquatus. 



Hal. Satchen, north of the Nan-Shan Mountains. 

 Does not differ in habits from P. torquatus. 



928. SCEMMERRING'S PHEASANT. 

 PHASIANUS SCEMMERRINGI. 



Phasianus scemmerruigi, Teram. PI. Col. v. pis. 8, 9 ; Gould, B. of As. 

 vii.pl. 37; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. xii. ; Seebohm, B. Jap. 

 Em p. p. 370 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 336. 



Yamadori, Jap. 



c ad. (Japan). General colour chestnut with a brownish tinge, the 

 feathers on the upper parts glossed with purplish carmine shot with gold, 

 the basal portions of the feathers black ; quills blackish brown mottled 

 with rufous buff ; tail very long, rich chestnut, the middle feathers with 

 narrow black bars which are above dark margined, the outer feathers 

 broadly tipped with black ; under parts vinous chestnut, paler towards the 

 margins of the feathers. Culmen I'lO, wing 8 '6, tail 36*0, tarsus 2'55 inch. 

 The female has the crown blackish brown, the feathers margined with 

 rufous buff, the upper parts rufous buff and cinnamon buff, marked with 

 black ; middle tail-feathers rufous mottled with black, the outer ones sub- 

 terminally barred with black and tipped with white ; throat and neck 

 pale buff, the feathers tipped with black ; breast and under parts paler 

 and black at base of feathers, tail shorter, only 7'6 inch. 



Hdb. The islands of Hondo and Kiu-siu, Japan. 



Soemmerring's frequents both the plains and higher portions 

 of the mountains. I do not find any special record of its 

 habits, and, indeed, have very meagre information respecting 

 the range of this, and the next two subspecies in the Japanese 

 Islands. 



929. SUBSP. PHASIANUS SCINTILLANS. 



Phasianus scintillans, Gould, Ann. Mag. N. H. (3) xvii. p. 150 (1866) 

 id. B. of As. vii. pi. 38 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. ii. pi. xiii. ; Ogilvie 

 Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 337. 



