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and uniform orange-scarlet on their apical half, as in the male ; 

 rest of the upper surface and breast rufous, heavily banded 

 with metallic green ; abdomen mixed buff and rufous. 



Phasianus colchicus septentrionalis (Lorenz). 

 ? assuming male plumage. Kislar^ North Caucasus^ xii. 

 Lorenz coll. (Mounted). 



Phasianus colchicus torquatus, Gmel. 

 $ in complete male plumage with spurs. Shot by 

 W. Puothschild at Halton in Buckinghamshire, and dissected 

 in his presence by the late A. ]\linal. The cause of the 

 change was due to old shot-wounds, one in the non- 

 functional ovary, and another which had completely 

 destroyed the functional (left) ovary. (Mounted). 



Phasianus colchicus tukcestanicus, Lorenz. 



$ assuming female plumage. Fort Perovsk, Syr-Daria, 

 Turkestan, i. 85. Lorenz coll. (Mounted). With a large 

 irregular patch of female feathering almost covering the back. 



? assuming male plumage. Syr-Daria_, Turkestan, xi. 91. 

 Lorenz coll. (Mounted). Breast and throat deep maroon- 

 brown ; the rest of the plumage normal. 



Phasianus colchicus versicolor, Vieill. 

 ? assuming male plumage. Tring. (Skin). All the 

 contour-feathers darker than in the normal female, and 

 much spangled Avith metallic green. 



Phasianus reevesi, J. E. Gi'ay. 



$ assuming male plumage. Bred in an aviary at Brighton, 

 24. X. 95. Messrs. Brazeuor Bros. (Skin). The whole plumage 

 shows a complete blending of male and female feathers. 



PyRRHULA PYRRHULA (L.). 



Hermaphrodite. Moscow, 3. xi. 91. Lorenz coll. 

 (Mounted). Plumage asymmetrical, the right side of the 

 body being like that of the male, the left like that of the 

 female ; one testicle and one ovary were developed. 



Lyrurus tetrix viridanus (Lorenz). 

 Two hermaphrodites. West Siberia. Lorenz coll. (Skins). 

 Recognizable externally from females assuming the male 



