676 ITIIAGENES 



Jfoa-ky, Soiiy-JLoa-ly, Chinese : Serwiun, Mongol. 



g ad. (Kan-su). . Differs from /. gco/royi in having the crest, throat, 

 and neck much paler and greyer, the sides of the crest brownish black, the 

 inner secondaries and wing-coverts washed with golden buff, not green, 

 and the tail rather darker and greyer. Culmen 0'9, wing 8'5, tail 6*0, 

 tarsus 2 '5 inch. The female resembles that of /. cruentvs, but has the 

 upper parts paler, the -chin and throat whitish grey, and the under parts 

 pale brownish buff, but slightly vermiculated on the breast, 



Hal). South-west Kan-su ; the Nan-shan Mountains and the 

 Sinling Mountains between Shansi and Honan. 



In habits this Pheasant does not differ from its allies, and 

 also inhabits the woods and bamboo-thickets at considerable 

 elevations in the mountains. 



945. GREY-NECKED BLOOD-PHEASANT. 

 ITHAGENES GEOFFROYI. 



Ithayenes yeo/royi, Verr. Bull. Soc, d'Acclim. (2nd ser.), iv. p. 706 ; 

 (1867) ; Gould, B. of As. vii. pi. 42 : Elliot, Monogr. Phas. iL 

 pi. 31 ; David and Oust. Ois. Chine, p. 401, pi. 113 ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Cat. B. Br. Mus. xxii. p. 269. 



Tsong-ky, Chinese. 



ad. (Moupin). Differs from /. crventus in having the crown, crest, and 

 throat slate-grey, much more green on the wings, the sides and flanks green r 

 the breast and middle of abdomen slate-grey, and the tail much paler. 

 Culmen 0'9, wing 9*2, tail T'O, tarsus 1*5 inch. The female is greyer above 

 than that of /. cruentus^ has the head, chin, and throat brownish, the tail 

 more mottled and slightly margined with crimson. 



Hob. Eastern Tibet, Eastern Szechuen, and the Mantzes^ 

 country. 



Inhabits the more elevated mountain forests, and is said to- 

 perch on the trees, and to feed on seeds, buds, and moss. Its 

 note is a prolonged, clear, but not loud, whistle. Nothing appears 

 to be on record respecting its nidification, but eggs in the British 

 Museum said to belong to this species are elongate oval in 

 shape, smooth in texture of shell, blotched with dark reddish 

 brown on a pale reddish buff ground, and measure from T85 

 to 2'05 in length, and from T25 to 1*3 in breadth. 



