PUCRASIACROSSOPTILUV 671 



935. MEYER'S PUCRAS. 



PUCRASIA MEYERI. 



Pucrasid meyeri, Madirasz, Ibis, 1886, p. 145; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. 

 Br. Mil.?, xii. p. 315. 



& ad. Differs from P. zanthospila, in having the breast and abdomen 

 richer chestnut, the upper tail-coverts fawn colour, striped and freckled 

 with black, the middle and tail-feathers rufous, becoming lighter at the 

 tips, with two irregular black lines on each side, margined with fawn 

 colour ; outer tail-feathers rich rufous on the outer webs and brownish on 

 the inner margins, banded with black, each feather tipped with pure white. 

 Culmen 1 '10, wing 9'84, tail 9'45, tarsus 2'56. The female differs from 

 that of P. xanthospila in having the middle tail-feathers rufous, irregularly 

 patched with black, and the rest rich rufous, thinly margined on the inner 

 sides with dusky brown, each feather banded with black and tipped with 

 white. 



Hob. Yer-ka-lo, Upper Mekong to Central Tibet. 



I have not been able to examine a specimen of this Pheasant, 



CROSSOPTILUM, Hodgs., 1838. 



936. TIBETAN SNOW-PHEASANT. 

 CROSSOPTILUM TIBETANUM. 



Crossoptilum tibetanum, Hodgs. J. A. Soc. Beng. vii. p. 864, pi. 46 (1838) ; 

 Elliot, Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 14 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 407, 

 pi. 107 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 293 ; C. drouynii, 

 Verreaux, N. Arch. Mus. Bull. iv. p. 85, pi. iii. (1868) ; Elliot, 

 Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 15. 



( ad. (Tibet). General plumage pure white ; crown glossy black, the 

 feathers short, soft, and curled ; outer primaries white on the outer, brown 

 on the inner web ; rest of quills brownish grey ; tail greyish at extreme 

 base, then rich bronze and purple, naked portion of sides of head scarlet ;. 

 bill reddish horn ; legs red ; iris orange yellow. Culmen 2*0, wing 13'4 r 

 tail 18'0, tarsus 3'75 inch. Female similar, excspt that she lacks the 

 spurs. 



Hob. The mountains of Western China and Eastern Tibet. 

 In habits this species is said not to differ from its congeners. 



937. WHITE-TAILED SNOW-PHEASANT. 

 CROSSOPTILUM LEUCURUM. 



Crossoptilitm leucurum, Scebohm, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, iv. p. xvii. (1892) ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 294. 



