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immaculato ; subalarihus et subcaudalibus ejusdem coloris ; 

 rostro et pedibus nigris. 



Long, circa 10!", rostr - 10 '"> al - 4 " 3 '"> caud - 4 " 3 '"> tars - 12 i"' 

 Hab. Damaraland (Andersson). 



Obs. A typical species, allied to C.jardinii. One example has 

 been submitted to my examination by Mr. P. L. Sclater. 

 The true Crateropi known to me are the following ; — 



1. C. bicolor, Jard. Afr. mer. 



2. C. reinwardtii, Sw. Afr. occid. 



3. C. platycercus, Sw. Afr. occid. 



4. C.jardinii, Sw. Afr. mer. et inter. 



5. C. limbatus, Harr. Afr. orient. 



6. C. plebejus, Riipp. Afr. orient, et inter. 



7. C. cinereus, Heugl. Afr. orient. 



8. C. swainsonii, Sw. Afr. mer. 



9. C. gymnogenys, Hartl. Afr. mer. occid. 



10. C. leucocephalus, Riipp. Afr. or. 



11. C. leucopygius, Riipp. Afr. or. 



12. C. melanops, Hartl. Afr. mer. occid. 



13. C. apicalis (Licht.). Afr. occid. 



14. C. chalybeus, Bp. Palsestina. 



15. C. rubiginosus, Riipp. Afr. orient. 



16. C. rufescens, Heugl. Afr. or. 



17. C.fulvus (Desfont.). Algeria. 



18. C. acacice, Riipp. Afr. sept, orient, (less typical). 



19. C. squamiceps, Riipp. Arabia (less typical). 



20. C. atripennis, Sw. Afr. occid. (less typical). 



Crateropus melodus, Heugl., is very nearly allied to (if not iden- 

 tical with) Parisoma front ale of Riippell. Crateropus guttatus, 

 Heugl., is congenerical with my Bradyornis spekei (=Cichladusa 

 arquata, Peters). Neither of them belong to this group. 



6. Notice on the Pheasants found in the Neighbourhood of 

 Pekin. By Dudley E. Saurin*. 



The Pheasants I am acquainted with as occurring near Pekin are 

 the following : — 



1 . The common Chinese Pheasant, in Chinese Teh-chi, or " Wild 

 fowl" (Phasianns torquatus), which is found everywhere in the 

 north of China. I am not aware how much further south they are 

 found than Shanghai ; but in that neighbourhood, since the devas- 

 tation of the country by the Tai-pings, they are shot by hundreds. 

 Thousands are brought down to the Pekin market in a frozen state 

 by the Mongols from as far north as the Amour. At the new 



* Mr. Saurin, to whom we are indebted for two fine males of the Pallas's Eared 

 Pheasant {Crossoptilon auritum), has kindly drawn up these notes at my request. 

 —P. L. S. 



