PLATE LV 



KWEICHOW PHEASANT 



Phasianus colchicus decollatus Swinhoe 



Occurring as far south as Tongking, this pheasant ranges higher than the more northern forms, 

 and has been observed at an elevation of nine thousand feet. It seems to prefer bushy slopes to the 

 dense forest. It differs from the pheasants to the east and north chiefly by the lack of a white collar, 

 although traces of this are sometimes present. 



