Distribution of the True Pheasants. 413 



Mag. N. H. xvii. p. 150 (Yokohama) ; 1890, Seebohni, Birds 

 Jap. Emp. p. 370; 1903, Dresser, Man. p. 667 (subsp. of 

 Ph. sueiniiwrriiigi). 



Ph. soemmerringi : 1S93, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. p. 336 (pt.). 



Ph. scintillans mainly inhabits Hondo (Nippon) in Japan, 

 but occurs also on Kiu-Siu. 



I suppose this Pheasant to be a mere subspecies of the 

 Copper Pheasant, as it is stated that every intermediate stage 

 between the two forms occurs (Ogilvie-Grant, Handb. Game 

 B. 1897, ii. p. 36). But such specimens as I have seen are 

 strikingly different, and even the females quite recognisable, 

 though Seebohm and Ogilvie-Grant treat them as indis- 

 tinguishable. The female of Ph. soemmerringi has the tail 

 narrowly but distinctly barred with white, blackish brown, 

 and sandy rufous, but the female of Ph. scintillans has the 

 central tail-feathers quite indistinctly barred, the other tail- 

 feathers being bright rufous with a black subterminal and 

 a broad white apical band. 



34. Phasianus soemmerringi uimm Dresser. (White- 

 rumped Pheasant.) 



Ph. ijima : 1902, Dresser, Ibis, p. 656 (prov. Hiuga) ; 

 1903, Dresser, Man. p. 668 (subsp. of PA. soemmerringi). 



Ph. ijbnce occurs in the provinces of Kiuga and Osumi in 

 the south-eastern part of Kiu-Siu Island in Japan. 



I give it here only subspecific rank, as Mr. Dresser has 

 himself done, though I am not aware that intermediate 

 specimens have been found *. 



35. Phasianus reevesi Gray. (Reeves's Pheasant.) 



Ph. reevesi: 1829, J. E. Gray in Griff, ed. Cuv. R. A. iii. 

 p. 25; 1877, David et Oustalet, Ois. Chin. p. 413 j 1893, 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. p. 337. 



Ph. veneratus : 1830, Temminck, PI. Col. v. n. 485. 



Sijrmaticus reevesi : 1832, Wagler, Isis, p. 1229. 



This splendid Pheasant, not mentioned in Dresser's ' Manual/ 

 inhabits the mountains of the central parts of Northern and 

 Middle China. It is found in the western parts of the 



* Mr. Dresser has lately informed me that Prof. Ijima has no inter- 

 mediate specimens, and that the ranges on Kiu-Siu are quite different. 



