668 PHASIANUS CHRYSOLOPHUS 



$ ad. (Japan). Differs from P. scemmerr'myi in being paler and not so 

 red, the feathers on the back margined with golden yellow, those on the 

 lower back, scapulars, wing-coverts, and rump narrowly margined with 

 white edged with black ; tail with bars of black margined with buff and 

 buffy white ; under parts vinous, varied with black and dull white. 

 Culmen 1-15, wing 9'2, tail 34'0, tarsus 27 inch. 



Hob. Hondo (Yokohama and Nagasaki). 



In habits it does not differ from P. scemmerringi ; eggs from 

 Kozugo are uniform creamy white, and measure about 1'81 

 by 1-36. 



930. SUBSP. PHASIANUS IJIIVLE. 



Phasianus ijimce, Dresser, Ibis, 1902, p. 656. 



ad. (Kiu-siu). Differs from P. scemmerringi in having the lower- 

 back and rump white, only the concealed bases of the feathers being dark, 

 the rest pure white ; the dark feathers on the upper parts lack the golden 

 yellow margins, and have narrow, purplish black edges ; the under parts 

 are as in P. scemmerringi) but more rufous in tint and less marked with 

 black. Culmen 1-4, wing 8'7, tail 29'0, tarsus 2'4 inch. The female 

 resembles that of P. seintillans, but has the upper parts darker, and the 

 middle tail-feathers uniformly coloured without transverse markings. 



Hob. The island of Kiu-siu, Japan. 



I have no information respecting the habits or nidification of 

 this Pheasant. 



CHRYSOLOPHUS, Gray, 1833-4. 



931. GOLDEN PHEASANT. 

 CHRYSOLOPHUS PICTUS. 



Chrysolophus pictus (Linn.), Syst. Nat. i. p. 272 (1766) ; Gould, B. of As. 

 vii. pi. 19 ; (Elliot), Monogr. Phas. pi. xv. ; (David and Oust.), Ois, 

 Chine, p. 414 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 339 ; (Berezov. 

 and Bianchi), Ptitz. Gan-su, p. 17. 



Kin-ky, Chinese. 



<$ ad. (China). Crown, long crest, lower back, and tail- coverts rich 

 yellow ; nuchal cape golden yellow margined with glossy bluish black ; 

 fore back glossy dark green margined with bluish black ; outer seconr 

 claries purplish blue ; scapulars rich crimson ; wing-coverts chestnut 

 mottled with . black ; some of the lateral tail-coverts scarlet ; middle 

 tail-feathers and elongated tail-coverts black,, ocellated with warm 

 brown, the latter with the terminal half crimson, the former tipped 

 with pale bun 1 ', the outer tail-feathers rufous buff, barred with black \ 



