216 PHEASANTS FOR COVERTS AND AVIARIES. 



white; eye orl)its red ; bill Ijrown coloui- ; ft et bluisli-ljrown 

 colour. 



" The female has a ])atch of dark brown at the back of 

 the head, with a narrow bordering of ruftnis at the end ot 

 each feather; feathers of the head and up])er surface 

 genei'aljy mottled witli rufous, with a narrow edging of 

 black at the tip, and with a stripe down the centre, which on 

 the sides of the neck and shoulders is white, and on the 

 other parts deep buff; rump antl upper tail ci)verts deep 

 rust red, each feather faintly barred with dark brown, some 

 of the wing coverts marked at the tip with black and white, 

 as in the male, but the marks are broader, and not so juire ; 

 throat deep buff, feathers of the under surface bi'own, largely 

 striped down the centre, and tipped with jiale or creamy buff, 

 and bordered on each side with tawny ; (ail short, central 

 feathers greyish brown, freckled with dark lirown : lateral 

 feathers rufous, crossed obli(|iiely near the ti]> with dark 

 brown, beyond which the end is white." 



Under the title of /* .vf/f/Z/V/in/.v, a variety of this 

 pheasant has been deseriljed as a distinct sjiecics, I'jut it 

 appears to differ only in the male having the feathers 

 on the back more or less completely margined or tip])ed 

 with white. 



Mr. W ]l. (.)giivii'-(;rant, in his " Handbook to the 

 Game l^)irds," writes : " It cnn oiilv be recognised as a well- 

 mnrked variety, for it not only occurs in the same inlands 

 where the F. sirvnacrriiKiii is found, but every intermediate 

 stage of plumage between the two forms may be seen." 



