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Male (winter). Easily distinguished from S. c. yvnnanensis 

 by the darker and finer strise of the upper parts, the ground- 

 colour of the crown being greyer. The bill in this form is 

 very small. Wing 50 mm, 



T^pe. S , Shuitang, S.E. Yunnan (GOOO ft.), 1 May, 1921. 



Pericrocotus speciosus bakeri, subsp. nov. 



Male. Adult resembles P. s. fohkienensls S. Baker in its 

 scarlet colouring. It has the terminal half of the outer web 

 of the central rectrices broadly edged with red. It differs 

 from F. speciosus of Sikkim and Nepaul in having the red 

 parts of its plumage scarlet-red, not orange-red. 



Female. Adult much darker above than F. s. fohkienensisj 

 the head and back being dark grey tinged with olive. The 

 forehead has much yellow, and the tertials are edged with 

 the same. The underparts are of a very rich yellow, with 

 the merest tinge of green on the breast and flanks. Wing 

 103 mm. 



Ti/pes. ^, Loukouchai, S.E. Yunnan, 23 Feb., 1921. 

 ? , Mengtsz, „ „ 28 Nov., 1920. 



Named in honour, of Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker. 



Phasianus colchicus rothschildi, subsp. nov. 



Male. Adult differs from P. elegans Elliot, of Szechuen, 

 by its conspicuously paler lower hind neck, which has pale 

 coppery-gold reflections, not coppery-chestnut, in the colour 

 of the sides of the breast and of the flanks, the feathers of 

 which are of a pale chestnut shading into gold on their 

 terminal half, and in the upper surface of the tail which is 

 olive, not deep chestnut-red. The breast is glossy dark blue 

 shot with green. Some specimens have the upper breast 

 green, the lower breast being of a deep ruby colour. Iris 

 orange-yellow ; face-skin scarlet-red ; bill whitish j legs 

 pale pinkish-grey. 



Type. S 5 Mountains near Mengtsz, S.E.Yunnan, 31 March, 

 1921. 



I name this flne Pheasant in honour of Lord Rothschild. 



