136 MR. R. SWINHOE ON CHINESE PLOVERS. { Mar. 10, 
large number of Chinese Pheasants that I have seen from various parts 
of China, I have never met a collarless specimen, nor have I ever 
heard of such a thing. I have, moreover, been assured by friends at 
home that if in a descendant of a cross between P. colchicus and P. 
torquatus any mark of the latter remains, it is sure to be accompanied 
by a white collar. But, independent of the lack of the neck-ring, I 
have shown that there are other characters to distinguish the species. 
It is impossible to presume that our bird could be a cross between 
the two mentioned species ; for between the habitats of our new 
species and the P. colchicus the broadly collared P. mongolicus has 
place. Dr. Anderson of Calcutta procured from Yunnan, the neigh- 
bouring province to Szechuen, a collarless species that answers to a 
cross produced between P. colchicus and P. versicolor of Japan! It 
would surely be absurd for one moment to suppose that these two 
from such distant localities could have met in that wild Mohamme- 
dan stronghold. I have a Pheasant from Hankow, 750 miles lower 
down the river than Chungking. This agrees with the ordinary P. 
torquatus in every respect, except that its broad white collar is broken 
in the front of the neck, the two ends of the ring being three-quarters 
of an inch apart. In the markings of the tail the pale-flanked For- 
mosan variety of P. torguatus comes nearest to our bird, the bars 
on the tail of that race being broader and further apart than is ordi- 
nary in Chinese specimens. 
3. On the Plovers of the Genus gialites found in China. 
By R. Swryuog, F.Z.S. 
(Plate XII.) 
Section I. Ringed Plovers. 
On ascending the River Yangtsze into the Province of Szechuen I 
noticed on the rocky and sandy flats, exposed by the falling water, 
a species of Sand-plover that I had not met before. I took it at first 
for 4g. geoffroyi; but the note it uttered as it rose and flew away 
was peculiar. It occurred singly or in pairs in May, and was, I 
believe, breeding, though I did not succeed in finding its eggs. It 
was shy of approach and somewhat scarce. I was fortunate enough 
to procure two males and one female. It belongs to the group with 
double pectoral band, which is represented in America and Africa 
by £9. vociferus (Linn.) and 4. tricollaris (Vieill.) respectively. 
I propose to name it in honour of Mr. J. E. Harting, who has made 
the Limicole his especial study, and whose kind assistance I have to 
acknowledge. 
1, ASGIALITES HARTINGI, sp. nov. (Plate XII.) 
Forehead, ring round the neck, and under parts pure white. 
Upper parts light greyish brown. <A broad black patch occurs above 
the forehead from eye to eye, edged in rear with a narrow indistinct 
white line. Streak from bill to eye, and continued under the eye 
