BI. [Vol. xl 
2, 26th September, 1918, same locality as male. 
Named in honour of Father Thadée Jacobs, of the Belgian 
Franciscan Mission. 
Iyngipicus pygmzus clementii, subsp. nov. 
Intermediate between seintélliceps of North China and 
Lower Yangtze and kalensis of South-east China, having the 
white on the back as extensive as in scintilliceps, the under 
wing-coverts and axillaries almost unspotted white, but the 
underparts almost as heavily striped as in the south-eastern 
bird. The Hupeh bird is, however, of a richer ochreish 
brown. 
3, 6th January, 1919, Chang-yang-hsien, Hupeh. 
2, 12th September, 1918, as 
Named in honour of Father Columban Clément of the 
Belgian Franciscan Mission. 
Phasianus colchicus hemptinnii, subsp. nov. 
Crown deep oily green, without eyebrow (some birds 
have, however, this feature slightly developed) ; flanks and 
lower hind neck dark, sides of neck more green than purple; 
white collar slight, broken in front; back bright glossy 
green; wing-coverts sandy-grey. Iris burnt sienna. 
3 from Mopanchow, Sungtze district, low hills south 
bank of middle Yangtze (about midway between Ichay 
mountain country and Shasi plain country, Hupeh). 
February 1919. 
Another bird, mutilated skin, from same district, has the 
back even greener and more intensely glossy ; and a third 
specimen from the same place has a slight eyebrow. 
Birds from Shiblipu, about 30 miles north of Shasi, on the 
north bank of the river, are paler on the back and more 
purplish on sides of the neck, and would appear to grade 
into the Pheasant of the plains, which is not true torquatus 
of the Lower Yangtze. 
Named in honour of Father Anselm de Hemptinne of the 
Belgian Franciscan Mission, who procured me the Sungtze 
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