672 CROSSOPTILUM 



$ ad. Differs from G. tibetanum in having the quills pure white, the tail 

 white from the base nearly to the end ; the shafts black and tipped with 

 rich purple. Culmen '1'75, wing 13*4, tail 18'0, tarsus 3'2. The female is 

 similar, but has the tail-feathers tipped and margined with dark grey, the 

 middle and outer pairs with the inner webs grey. 



Hob. Eastern Tibet, between the Sok Pass, Chiamdo, and 

 Lhassa. 



I have no data respecting the habits of this species. 



938. MANCHURIAN SNOW-PHEASANT. 

 CROSSOPTILUM MANTCHURICUM. 



Crossoptilum mantchuricum, Svvinhoe, P.Z.S. 1862, p. 286 ; Gould, 

 B. of As. vii. pi. 22 ; Elliot, Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 16 ; David and 

 Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 405, pi. 106 ; Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. 

 xxii. p. 294. 



Holey, Chinese. 



$ ad. (China). Crown and neck glossy black, gradually fading into 

 the brown of the upper and under parts ; rump and upper tail-coverts 

 white ; quills brown, the secondaries slightly glossed with purple ; the 

 middle tail-feathers brownish grey tipped with purple, the rest rather 

 darker brownish, similarly tipped ; chin, upper throat, and elongate, 

 recurved ear-tufts pure white ; naked portion of face scarlet, bill light rose 

 colour ; legs coral-red ; iris orange-yellow. Culmen 1*75, wing 12'9, 

 tail 23'0, tarsus 4'0 inch. Female similar but without spurs. 



Hob. The mountains of Manchuria, and Pechi-li, China. 

 Does not differ from its congeners in habits. 



939. PALLAS'S SNOW-PHEASANT. 

 CROSSOPTILUM AURITUM. 



Crossoptilum auritum (Pall.), Zoogr. Ross. As. ii. p. 86 (1811) ; Elliot, 

 Monogr. Phas. i. pi. 17 ; Prjev. Mongol, i Strana Tangut. ii. p. 121, 

 pi. xx. fig. 1 (egg) ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 406, pi. 108 ; 

 Ogilvie Grant, Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 295 : Berezovsky and 

 Bianchi, Ptitz. Gan-su, p. 24. 



Maky-Shandgi, Chinese ; Hara-Talda, Mongul ; Shariama, 

 Tangut. 



ad. (Kan-su). Crown and upper nape velvety black ; chin, upper 

 throat, and ear-tufts pure white ; rest of plumage slate-grey ; quills 

 brownish ; middle tail-feathers slate-grey, tipped with deep purple, the six 



