1863.] MR. R. SWINHOE ON THE BIRDS OF CHINA. 307 



239. Phasianus TORauAxus, Gmel. 

 Found throughout China, up into Amoorlantl. 



240. Phasianus reevesii, J. E. Gray. 

 Central China and borders of Mongoha. 



241. Thaumalea picta, L. 



China bordering on Thibet and Mongoha. 



242. Thaumalea amhersti^ (Leadb.). 

 China bordering on Eastern Thibet. 



243. EUPLOCAMUS NYCTHEMERUS, L. 



Nycthemerns argentatus, Swainson. 



Wooded mountain-country of Southern China. 



244. PoLYPLECTRON CHiNftuis (Temm.) ; Blyth's Cat. p. 241. 



Specimens in tlie British Museum from Mr. Reeves, said to have 

 been procured in Southern China. 



245. Ceriornis temminckii. 

 Satyra temminckii. Gray. 



In British Museum, from Reeves. China. 



246. Ceriornis caboti, Gould, Birds of Asia, pt. x. 

 Said to have been procured in Southern China. 



247. Francolinus sinensis. 



Tetrao sinensis, Osbeck. 

 T. perlaius, Gniehn. 

 T. pintadeus, ScopoU. 

 T. madagascariensis, Gmel. 



A non-perching Francolin, found on the hills of Southern China. 

 Usually met with single, and diflficult to flush. Has been introduced 

 into the Mauritius. Male spurred ; female with only a wart. 



248. Bambusicola thoracica. 



Perdix thoracica, Temm. 



P. sphenura, J. E. Gray, Zool. Misc. no. 1, p. 2. 



Male spurred ; female with only a wart. For remarks on this and 

 its allied Forraosan representative, see The Ibis, 1863, p. 399. 



249. Perdix barbata, J. Verreaux, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 62, PI. IX. 



Brought to the Tientsin market from the plains adjoining Eastern 

 Siberia. Mentioned by Pallas as a variety of P. cinerea inhabiting 

 Dauria. Procured by Middendorff in the Barabu Steppe, and noted 

 by him in his 'Sib. Reise' as P. cinerea. 



