TRUE PHEASANTS 



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Phasianus * colchicus formosanus Elliot. 



* colchicus pallasi'^o\hs<:!}£\\\.^. 



* colchicus hagenbecki Rothschild. 

 colchicus karpowi Buturlin. 



* colchicus torquatus Gmelin. 



* versicolor Vieillot. 



KEY TO THE ADULT MALES OF PHASIANUS 



(Adapted from Buturlin, Ibis, 1904, pp. 378-385) 



I. Under parts not wholly metallic green ........ 



a Lower back, rump, and upper tail-coverts of a bronze-red, maroon, or 

 rusty-orange general colour, sometimes glossed with oily green ; black 

 bars on the tail generally narrow. 

 a' Wing-coverts sandy brown or sandy rufous, 



a" Margins of the feathers of rump and upper tail-coverts coppery 

 maroon ; chest feathers margined with black. 

 a^ Middle of breast and sides of belly dark purplish green ; centre of 

 belly and under tail-coverts darker, blackish brown ; chest and 

 breast-feathers broadly tipped with black. 

 a'^ General colour darker, more intense coppery red ; black mark- 

 ings of mantle, chest and flanks glossed with greenish blue 



or purple, as the sides of neck 



h'^ General colour paler, more golden orange ; black markings of 

 mantle, chest and flanks glossed with green ; sides of neck 

 with hardly any purple-blue gloss ..... 



33 Middle of breast and sides of belly purplish red-bronze ; centre of 

 belly and under tail-coverts lighter, more rusty brown ; black 

 margins of chest- and breast-feathers narrow and glossed with 

 dark blue ........... 



b" Margins of the feathers of rump and upper tail-coverts green and 

 buff; chest-feathers not margined with black .... 



b' Wing-coverts white, yellowish white, or silver grey, 



c" Middle of breast and sides of belly dark green ; centre of belly 

 brownish black. 

 c^ Throat coppery maroon ; a white collar. 



c^ White collar, wide and complete or nearly complete in front; 

 maroon colour of the throat divided from the cheeks by a 

 streak of bluish green ; crown, nape, and hind-neck with 

 prevailing green gloss ; forehead, sides of neck, and tips of 

 throat-feathers with prevailing greenish-blue gloss ; chest 

 and mantle with prevailing bluish and purple gloss ; middle 

 of breast green ; black markings of flanks purplish and 

 greenish blue ......... 



d^ White collar narrower and more interrupted in front ; only the 

 very tips of the maroon feathers bordering the cheeks below 

 with light greenish ; prevailing metallic gloss is purple and 

 bronze on the crown, nape and hind-neck, dark yellowish 

 green on forehead, bronzy green on sides of neck and on tips 

 of throat-feathers, as* also on chest, mantle and middle of 

 breast ; black markings of flanks glossed with green 

 d^ Throat dark green ; no white collar or only slight traces of it. 

 <f* Flank feathers narrowly tipped, those of the chest, breast 

 and upper back very narrowly edged with black, having a 

 purplish-green gloss ; rump-feathers with a subterminal spot 

 of green on each side of the shaft ; black tail-bars much 

 broader, wing-coverts somewhat yellowish . ... 



/* Flank-feathers broadly tipped, those of the chest, breast and 

 upper back very broadly edged with black, having a rich 

 green gloss ; rump feathers with a triangular green spot at 

 the end of the shafts ; black tail-bars much narrower ; wing- 

 coverts clearer white. 

 VOL. Ill 



Phasianus colchicus. 



colchicus. 



sep tentrionalis. 



talischensis. 

 tarimensis. 



turcestanicus. 



mongolicus. 



shawi. 



