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obtamed some ]UTfect speciiiiLMis. From tliose Mr. Kroliawk 

 iiiiulo a most careful drawing- which is given in the form o[ tlie 

 accompauyino- coh.ured plate. At tliat time the distinction 

 Ijetween the Snnyarian and Hagenlieck's pheasants was not 

 recognised, and tlie description and name of the latter were 

 applied to the new Ijird. The male l)ir<l was .'i;Vllj. in weight, 

 and its extreme length was oSin. from the heak to the point of 

 the tail. The hen weighed 2.111). 



1 am indebted to Mr. \<\ W . Froliawk for the following 

 description of the Sungariaii pheasant taken fmm the 

 identical specimen iignred, the skin of which is still in his 

 collection . 



JMale. — Forehead, deep Idack-green ; crown, pale greenish 

 olive blending into greyish on nape ; lower nape, bronze-green, 

 superciliary liand Iji'oad, I'xtending almost t(j bill, jinre white 

 with termmal green tufts; conspicuous white ear spot; throat 

 and neck, deep violet green, becoming jnirple on sides ; colhir, 

 pure white, very broad, meeting at lower edge in iVmit; 

 mantle, deep straw-yellow, sti-eaked with blackish and metallic 

 green ; scapulars, broadly margined with chestnut-buff 

 reflecting purple gold, milk-white centres ; wing coverts, lific- 

 grey ; secondaries, ochreous and ashy-grey margined with rich 

 coppery-chestnut reflecting purple ; primaries, br(.iwn barred 

 wirh wliite ; lower back, lilac-gre\- sliot with green, 

 verniiculated with lilack and ochreoas ; rum]) ami tail coverts, 

 green-L'-rav slmding into golden rufus on suh^s ; breasr, golden 

 copiiery, reflecting amethystine |)urple, lla,l■ro^vdy strt'aked wiili 

 black; flank feathers, straw-}'ellow with green-black ti'i'iiiinal 

 patches; bellv, Ijlack-violct green, becoming brown towards 

 vent; under tad coverts, deep chestnut ; tail, greyish-oclireous 

 transvei'se bars, black, outer half rich chestnut; central tail 

 feathers, '2'2in. long. F i; m a l k . — Has the neck, mantle, and 

 tail shot with lilac, the feathers of the upper parts cliestiiut- 

 brown, margined with wliiti^li ; basal portions, black. 



The Sungarians are obviously true pheasants, larger 

 in size than our ordinary species. They would evidently 



