STONE'S PHEASANT 109 



Yunnan in long grass and fern, or in fir woods, singly or in pairs, and once in a 

 covey of ten. 



Three eggs in the collection of Charles M. Inglis, apparently from a set of seven, 

 were indistinguishable from the eggs of the common pheasant, a deep brownish olive in 

 colour. They measured 34-2 by 44-1, 35 by 44-4, and 34-1 by 43-9 mm. 



I have been able to examine only a few individuals, so that I feel more certain in 

 copying the detailed description given by E. C. Stuart Baker, as he must have access to 

 large series. 



DETAILED DESCRIPTION 



Adult Male. — Crown from forehead to nape and hind neck bronze green, the ear 

 tufts darker and more blue ; chin and throat deep green ; neck in front and on the sides 

 deep purple blue, with purple copper reflections in some lights, this colour passing 

 around the base of the neck as a collar behind ; upper back golden chestnut, changing 

 into deep chestnut on the back and scapulars ; the feathers next the neck are centred 

 with black and their tips are notched with the same ; the feathers of the back and 

 scapulars have black centres mottled and sub-outlined with buff, and the same notches 

 as on the upper back, but the black obsolete. Lower back, rump and tail-feathers pale 

 green-grey, with sub-terminal bars of lustrous emerald green, and each feather with the 

 concealed base black with buff concentric bands. Tail-feathers rufous brown with broad 

 black bars, narrowly edged above and below with golden buff; the central pair have 

 wide margins of pink grey, across which the black bands are continued as dull purple 

 marks ; on each succeeding pair the pink edges are reduced in size, and are absent on 

 the outermost pair, and sometimes on one or two of the next pairs also. 



Wing coverts pale green grey with emerald green reflections, and with the 

 innermost greater coverts splashed with maroon, broadly on the outer and narrowly 

 on the inner webs ; quills brown, the primaries barred with buff on the outer webs, and 

 with broken bars on the inner; secondaries broadly edged with olive brown and 

 irregularly marked with buff on both webs. 



Below, breast deep glossy green, each feather narrowly margined with velvety black, 

 • and those on the lower breast notched, though less conspicuously so than on the back ; 

 flanks and sides of the breast golden copper, becoming almost purple copper next the 

 green of the breast, each feather with a bold edging of velvet black which runs down the 

 end of the shaft towards the green base ; vest, thighs and centre of abdomen dull brown ; 

 under tail coverts chestnut with black marks. Facial skin scarlet, legs and feet lead 

 colour. Measurements: bill from gape, 35-5 mm. ; wing, 210-8 to 2286; tail, 391-1 to 

 487-6; tarsus, 63*5 to 68-5 ; spur, iq-i mm. 



Adult Female. — Crown and neck dark brown or black with narrow bars of buff, 

 sometimes with a distinct tinge of chestnut ; back and scapulars chestnut with white 

 sub-edging, and very fine edges of black and a bold bar of the same between the chestnut 

 and the white. Remainder of upper plumage pale grey brown with narrow buff edges 

 and black centres, with here and there a tinge of chestnut showing very irregularly. 

 Central tail-feathers pale olive brown with narrow paler cross-bars broadly margined on 



