PLATE XVI 



CHINESE IMPEYAN PHEASAISft 



Lophophorus Ihiiysii Verreaux and St.-Hilaire 



In the heart of Central China, wandering over a Hmited zone of the highest mountains, this bird is 

 making a brave fight for existence. The Chinese trap it on every occasion, and it is hardly possible that 

 it can exist for many more years. No white man has seen it alive. The Chinese, inspired by the beautiful 

 metallic lustre of the feathers, call it Ho-than-ky, the fowl-of-burning-charcoal. 



