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A MONOGRAPH OF THE PHEASANTS 



a^ Chest and breast considerably lighter, as the coppery-red 

 subterminal part of the feathers is wider and the dark 

 green margins are much narrower ..... chrysomelas. 



b^ Chest and breast considerably darker, as the coppery-red 

 subterminal part of the feathers is narrower and the dark 

 green margins are much broader ..... bianchii. 



d" Middle of breast and sides of belly purplish coppery red. 



e^ Chest and upper breast-feathers with narrow blackish-blue edges ; 



centre of belly darker brownish ; more dark coppery red . . persicus, 

 P Only on the sides of chest and breast are the feathers more or less 

 edged with black ; centre of belly light chestnut red ; rump 

 more golden or orange red. 

 ^* White collar incomplete in front and extremely narrow, but 

 quite recognisable ; chest- and breast-feathers very narrowly 

 (about Jg-inch broad) tipped with somewhat light purplish 

 red bronze and often with a narrow blackish-blue apical 

 shaft-streak ; scapulars with little of a blackish-blue apical 

 spot, but without or nearly without black margins ; flanks 

 spotted with black and purplish blue ..... zerafshanicus. 



/z* Collar extremely narrow and broadly interrupted in front and 

 behind ; chest- and breast-feathers widely (about |--inch 

 broad) tipped with somewhat dark purplish-red bronze with 

 faint greenish gloss, and on the sides of these parts margined 

 with blackish green ; scapulars tipped with blackish-green 

 spots, but with no or hardly any black margins ; flanks 

 spotted with blackish green ....... zariidnyi. 



z* Collar absent or only some white spots, as traces of it, visible ; 

 chest- and breast-feathers widely (about |-inch broad) tipped 

 with somewhat light purplish-red bronze, without greenish 

 gloss and black apical shaft-streaks ; scapulars margined and 

 widely tipped with blackish blue ...... principalis. 



Lower back, rump and upper tail-coverts of a light and more or less dead 

 lavender-blue, greenish- or yellowish-grey, or olive-greenish colour ; 

 a rusty orange patch on each side of the rump ; black tail-bars generally 

 broad. 

 c' No white collar or only slight traces of it. 



e" Dark green of the neck extending to the middle of chest and breast. 



p Flanks golden buff; mantle bright sandy red; scapulars bright 



sandy red or light brownish maroon with lighter edges, but not 



freckled with whitish or blackish in the centres . . . vlangalii. 



k^ Flanks coppery maroon ; mantle maroon, scapulars bright maroon 



with paler tips and black and buff centres .... elegans. 



f" Dark green of the neck banded in front by the golden yellow, fiery 

 or coppery red of the chest. 

 l^ Chest- and breast-feathers broadly margined with black, this black 

 having a dark green gloss ; middle of breast and sides of belly 

 slightly glossed with purplish green ; flanks buff . . . decollatus. 

 m^ Chest- and breast-feathers narrowly margined with black ; flanks 



darker strauchi, 



d" White collar present, but narrow, and completely or nearly inter- 

 rupted in front. 

 g" Chest- and breast-feathers broadly margined with blackish green ; 

 general colour very pale. 

 n^ Scapulars margined with sandy brown ; general colour of mantle 

 and flanks yellowish buff; chest glossed with pink; rump 

 mostly grey ; superciliaries completely or nearly wanting . saischeuensis. 

 d^ Scapulars margined with red maroon ; general colour of mantle 

 and flanks very pale primrose ; chest slightly glossed, with pink ; 

 rump more greenish ; white superciliaries better marked . . formosanus. 

 h" Chest- and breast-feathers not margined or very narrowly margined 



with blackish blue ; general colour bright torquatus. 



e' White collar complete and very broad, even in front. 



