TRUE PHEASANTS 75 



i" Black patch under the ear with a white spot ; superciliaries white, 

 broad and nearly meeting in front ; general colour of mantle and 

 flanks very pale ; scapular margins maroon ; chest-feathers with 

 narrow, if any, blackish-blue margins ; front and sides of the neck 



more purplish blue than green pallasi. 



j" Black patch under the ear with no white spot. 



p^ General colour exceedingly pale ; mantle and flanks straw yellow ; 

 scapular margins rufous buff; crown more yellowish olive ; 

 superciliaries snow white and very broad ; front and sides of 

 the neck more greenish ; wing-coverts bluish grey ; rump more 

 mottled ........... hagenbecki. 



(f General colour very dark; mantle and flanks intense golden 

 orange ; scapular margins dark maroon or chocolate rufous ; 

 crown more rusty brown, superciliaries narrower and partly 

 chestnut-stained ; front and sides of neck more purplish blue ; 

 wing-coverts sandy or creamy grey ; rump not much mottled . karpowi. 



II. Under parts wholly metallic green Phasianus versicolor. 



